Gloria Patri : the history and theology of the lesser doxology / Nicholas Ayo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayo, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gloria Patri.

Doxology--History and criticism.

Doxology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 129 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2007]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The Lesser Doxology xiii

The Greater Doxology xiv

Part 1 Doxology: Word and Concept

Doxology as Mystery of God 3

The Philology and Theology of Glory 9

The History of the Gloria Patri Doxology 19

Part 2 The Trinity in Time and Eternity

"Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" 45

"As it Was in the Beginning"-The Glory of Eternity and Time 63

"Is Now"-The Fullness of Time and the Hidden Glory 76

"And Will be Forever, World without End"-The Fullness of Grace and the Revealed Glory 99

"Amen" 112

A Last Word 114

A Poem of Glory 116.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129).

ISBN:

9780268020293

0268020299

OCLC:

128237385