Latin lovers! I need a little help

[CatholicSamurai]

Hello to all Latin lovers out there… I need a small favor.

Can some one translate this short phrase in Latin for me?

“Glory to Jesus Christ” and “Glory (to him) forever”

I appreciate the help very much!

 

[DJgang]

wouldn’t it be…

Gloria in Jesus Christus

Glory to Jesus Christ

 

[mschrank]

I think you’re better off putting this in the traditional forum. I’d guess, but I’d probably be wrong since I just started learning.

 

[Fidelia]

wouldn’t it be…

Gloria in Jesus Christus

Glory to Jesus Christ

It wouldn’t be. that is not grammatically correct.

“Gloria Jesu Christo in aeternum” is Glory to Jesus Christ forever. Latin does not often use the third person singular pronoun (or any pronoun, for that matter, unless it’s emphatic). I am assuming you wish to use the two sentences consecutively.

If you want to say “Glory to Jesus Christ; Glory (to him) forever” you can say “Gloria Jesu Christo. Gloria in aeternum.” the “to him” in understood from the prior sentence.

Just like the song, Angels we have Heard On High, “Gloria in excelsis Deo” (this means Glory to God in the Highest) can be rearranged to “Gloria Deo in excelsis” (word order doesn’t matter in Latin) and can be made into two sentences like we did above, “Gloria Deo. Gloria in excelsis” the reader (or listener) would realize and understand that the indirect object is the same as the previous sentence.

If I didn’t explain the grammar enough, let me know.