What does "Glory" mean in the Glory Be

[DrawNearToGod]

Title says everything.

 

[Genesis315]

In depth article on “glory” here:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm

It was defined by St. Augustine as “brilliant notoriety with praise” and can be used in the sense of a judgement of personal worth, like when Jesus says, “How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?”

So I think giving glory to God means giving him the praise due Him that acknowledges his supreme brilliance and worth.

 

[CRM_Brother]

‘Glory’ in English, especially used in a Scriptural sense has a long and nuanced history. Our word for glory is ‘Doxa’ in the original Greek of the New Testament and the Septuagint. What is odd about doxa is that it never concerns a single person. Originally, it conveyed a sense of a common held belief amongst a group of people. In the Bible, glory is always within this concept of collective recognition or belief. The glory of the Lord is mankind’s recognition and exaltation of the reality of God. The Glory of the Lord is not some private possession of God but rather found in the relationship of God to his people. When we pray the Glory Be, we are approaching and proclaiming that mystical recognition of God found within our souls, not only in our personal lives now, but also from the very creation of the universe until the ages of human life come to completion (‘secula seculorum’ literally means the ‘age of the ages’ but is generally translated as ‘forever’).