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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayo, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doxology--History and criticism.

Doxology.

Gloria Patri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this brief but comprehensive book, Father Ayo examines the riches in this prayer: the philological, historical, and theological origins and the profound spiritual implications of the Gloria Patri.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

The Lesser Doxology

The Greater Doxology

PART ONE: Doxology: Word and Concept

Doxology as Mystery of God

The Philology and Theology of Glory

The History of the Gloria Patri Doxology

PART TWO: 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

Select Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129).

ISBN:

9780268074661

0268074666

OCLC:

712995185