doxology
Sign in to saveA doxology (Ancient Greek: doxologia, from , doxa 'glory' and -, -logia 'saying') is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns. The tradition derives from a similar practice in the Jewish synagogue, where some version of the Kaddish serves to terminate each section of the service.
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- Christian hymn
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- Catholic liturgy
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- prayer
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- Trinitarian doxology
- ''Gloria in excelsis Deo''
- ''Gloria Patri''
- "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow"
- Eucharistic doxology
- Lord's Prayer doxology
- Other doxologies
- Pentecostal
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Unitarian Universalism
- Derivations
- See also
- References
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A doxology (Ancient Greek: doxologia, from , doxa 'glory' and -, -logia 'saying') is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns. The tradition derives from a similar practice in the Jewish synagogue, where some version of the Kaddish serves to terminate each section of the service.
==Trinitarian doxology==
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