Gloria in excelsis Deo

"Gloria in excelsis Deo" (<a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> for "Glory to God in the highest") is a <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christian</a> <a href="/facts/Hymn/UUNRCvY7">hymn</a> known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or <a href="/facts/Gloria_Patri/q8GE9sKX">Gloria Patri</a>) and the Angelic Hymn/Hymn of the Angels. The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.

The hymn begins with the words that the <a href="/facts/Angel/67pduP9P">angels</a> sang when announcing the birth of Christ to shepherds in <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2:14&version=dra">Luke 2:14</a>: <a href="/facts/Douay-Rheims_Bible/c9Drjv5v">Douay-Rheims</a> (in Latin). Other verses were added very early, forming a <a href="/facts/Doxology/CkwFjBBU">doxology</a>.
An article by <a href="/facts/David_Flusser/hgVh69Ne">David Flusser</a> links the text of the verse in Luke with ancient Jewish liturgy.

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Gloria in excelsis Deo