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Encyclopediadoxologydoxology (doksol'ujē) [key][Gr. doxa=glory] formulaic ascription of praise to God, encountered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. The best-known doxologies of the Christian church are Gloria in excelsis, or the greater doxology; Gloria Patri, or the lesser doxology; and the closing stanza of Thomas Ken's morning and evening hymns, beginning, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” sung to the tune Old Hundredth from the Genevan Psalter (see hymn). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on doxology from Infoplease:
- Old Hundredth - Old Hundredth: Old Hundredth: see doxology.
- Gloria in excelsis - Gloria in excelsis Gloria in excelsis [Lat.,=glory in the highest], the Angelic Hymn or greater ...
- Jude, epistle of the New Testament - Jude Jude, epistle of the New Testament, the next to last book of the Bible. The Jude who wrote it ...
- Thomas Ken - Ken, Thomas Ken, Thomas, 1637–1711, English prelate and hymn writer, prominent among the ...
- Lord's Prayer - Lord's Prayer Lord's Prayer or Our Father,the principal Christian prayer that Jesus in the ...
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