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Glory is a 1989 American epic historical war drama film directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's earliest ...
Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic doxology, the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei gloriam. Gloria invidiam vicisti: By your fame you have conquered envy: Sallust, Bellum Jugurthum ("Jugurthine War") 10:2. gloria filiorum patres: The glory of sons is their fathers (Proverbs17:6)
("Holy Father, so passes worldly glory!"). [4] These words, thus addressed to the Pope, served as a reminder of the transitory nature of life and earthly honours. [5] [6] [7] A form of the phrase appeared in Thomas à Kempis's 1418 work The Imitation of Christ: "O quam cito transit gloria mundi" ("How quickly the glory of the world passes away ...
glory to God alone: A motto of the Protestant Reformation and one of the five solas, referring to the idea that God is the creator of all good things and deserves all the praise for them. Johann Sebastian Bach often signed his manuscripts with the abbreviation S.D.G. to invoke this phrase, as well as with AMDG (ad maiorem Dei gloriam).
For the greater glory of God: motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) ad meliora: towards better things: Motto of St Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland ad mortem: to/at death: Medical phrase serving as a synonym for death ad multos annos: to many years: Wish for a long life; similar to "many happy returns". ad nauseam: to sickness: i.e., "to the ...
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 ...
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Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1859), adapts the phrase to describe gladiators greeting the emperor Vitellius. Avē Imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant ("Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you") is a well-known Latin phrase quoted in Suetonius, De vita Caesarum ("The Life of the Caesars", or "The Twelve Caesars"). [1]