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  2. Glory (religion) - Wikipedia

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    Glory (from the Latin gloria, "fame, renown") is used to describe the manifestation of God's presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.. Divine glory is an important motif throughout Christian theology, where God is regarded as the most glorious being in existence, and it is considered that human beings are created in the Image of God and can share or participate ...

  3. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam - Wikipedia

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    Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or Ad majórem Dei glóriam, [note 1] also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is a Latin quote which can be translated as "For the greater glory of God." It has been used as a rallying cry for Catholics throughout history, especially during the Thirty Year's War , and is currently the motto of the Society of Jesus ...

  4. Magis - Wikipedia

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    Magis (pronounced "màh-gis") is a Latin word that means "more" or "greater". [1] [better source needed] It is related to ad majorem Dei gloriam, a Latin phrase meaning "for the greater glory of God", the motto of the Society of Jesus. [2]

  5. Doxology - Wikipedia

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    A doxology (Ancient Greek: δοξολογία doxologia, from δόξα, doxa 'glory' and - λογία, -logia 'saying') [1] [2] [3] is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns.

  6. Soli Deo gloria - Wikipedia

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    Soli Deo gloria is a Latin term for Glory to God alone. It has been used by artists like Johann Sebastian Bach , George Frideric Handel , and Christoph Graupner to signify that the work was produced for the sake of praising God .

  7. Gloria Patri - Wikipedia

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    Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, from everlasting and for ever and ever (literal translation) [5] According to Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary, the lesser doxology is of Syrian origin. [6] There is an alternate version which the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church use in their liturgies:

  8. Psalm 19 - Wikipedia

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    The psalm considers the glory of God in creation, and moves to reflect on the character and use of "the law of the L ORD". Psalm 1, this psalm and Psalm 119 have been referred to as "the psalms of the Law". [2] It forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestant liturgies.

  9. Glorification - Wikipedia

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    The act of canonization, which in the Catholic Church is not normally called glorification, since in the theological sense it is God, not the Church, who glorifies, is reserved, both in the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches, to the Apostolic See and occurs at the conclusion of a long process requiring extensive proof that the ...