Gloria Patri

Nicholas Ayo

Description

The Gloria Patri has been prayed from the beginnings of Christianity. In this one-sentence prayer, time and eternity are combined in a compressed expression of doxology, praise of God. In this brief but comprehensive book, Father Ayo examines the riches in this prayer: the philological, historical, and theological origins of Christian prayer itself, and the profound spiritual implications of the Gloria Patri.

At the heart of Christian prayer and at the heart of Christian liturgy we always find worship, honor, and praise of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. In Gloria Patri, Father Ayo examines the lesser doxology word by word, in both its various translations and the history of their combination and controversies. He adds to that an exploration of the boundless meanings of praise of the Triune God it encompasses. After reading Gloria Patri, no one can again take for granted this humble sentence.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Roman Rite
• Liturgy of the Hours
• Christian liturgy
• Theology
• Prayer
• Holy Spirit
• Christianity
• History
• Providence

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780268074661
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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G loria AYO  Patri

Gloria Patri

The History and Theology of the Lesser Doxology N I C H O L A S AYO, C.S.C.

Gloria Patri

Gloria Patri

The History and Theology of the Lesser Doxology

N I C H O L A S AYO, C. S. C.

University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana

Copyright © 2007 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu AllRights Reserved

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“A Poem of Glory” Copyright © 2002 by Susan Pusztai, reprinted with permission

Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ayo, Nicholas. Gloria Patri : the history and theology of the lesser doxology / Nicholas Ayo. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-02029-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-02029-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Gloria Patri. 2. Doxology—History and criticism. I. Title. BV194.D69A96 2007 242'.72--dc22 2007019521

To Richard Downs, C.S.C.,

who ever spoke to everyone of the glory of the Blessed Trinity and of our future glory in the sight of God.

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Lesser Doxology

The Greater Doxology

P A R T O N E . Doxology: Word and Concept

Doxology as Mystery of God

The Philology and Theology of Glory

The History of the Gloria Patri Doxology

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C O N T E N T S

P A R T T W O .

The Trinity in Time and Eternity

“Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”

“As it Was in the Beginning”—The Glory of Eternity and Time

“Is Now”—The Fullness of Time and the Hidden Glory

“And Will be Forever, World without End”—The Fullness of Grace and the Revealed Glory

“Amen”

A Last Word

A Poem of Glory

Notes

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Preface

In this book I intend to explore a short, familiar, but little re- flected upon prayer—the “Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.” Along with the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary, the so- 1 called lesser doxology may be the most recited prayer in Chris- tian devotion. Comprising the first three chapters, part one will give back- ground and foundation—linguistic, theological, and historical— for understanding the lesser doxology as a prayer. In the first chap- ter I will introduce doxology as a recognition of the mystery of God. In the second chapter I will explain what the first word of the Gloria Patri implies. Amply understood, “glory” (to God) con- tains the whole prayer. A linguistic analysis of the Greek word doxa,which in English is rendered “glory,” will be given. A theo- logical explanation of glory will complement the verbal analy- sis. In the third chapter I will outline the history of the lesser dox- ology. I will explain how it has been elaborated and modified in its wording and its usage in the liturgy throughout the centuries from the beginnings of Christianity.

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