Where does the "Glory Be" come from?

[jmsgirl]

Hi, guys!!

I know when praying the Divine Office I have run across several times the Old Testament psalm or canticle where the worlds from the Glory Be came from, but I need to include the Bible verse(s) on a handout for a protestant-catholic mix of students asap. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!!

 

[Cluny]

The Gloria Patri is a universal Christian prayer that occurs in ALL the classical Liturgies.

In the Byzantine tradition, it’s

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Other Eastern Churches have a similar version.

I can only conclude it’s of Apostolic origin.

 

[FidesSpesCarita]

The Gloria Patri is a universal Christian prayer that occurs in ALL the classical Liturgies.

In the Byzantine tradition, it’s

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Other Eastern Churches have a similar version.

I can only conclude it’s of Apostolic origin.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto,
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, both now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

No doubt one of the most beautiful prayers in all of Christendom. It speaks of so many things despite being so very simple.

I will be following this to get the verse.

Thanks,

Dominus vobiscum,

FSC

 

[John7]

‘Glory be’ also has a basis in scripture.

Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

Philippians 4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;

Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God,

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

 

[diggerdomer]

Hi, guys!!

I know when praying the Divine Office I have run across several times the Old Testament psalm or canticle where the worlds from the Glory Be came from, but I need to include the Bible verse(s) on a handout for a protestant-catholic mix of students asap. Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!!

The “Glory be” is a “doxology” of which there are numerous examples in the Bible.

1 Chron 29:11, Phil 4:20, 2 Cor 13:14 are some examples that come to mind.

In the Catholic Mass, the Gloria is doxological, and in some ways can be seen as an expanded, enriched, and fuller acclamation of the “Glory Be”

Hope this helps.

 

[jmsgirl]

Thanks so much for all of your help guys!!!

I found the answer I was looking for…I searched my breviary

It’s from the canticle of Daniel (Daniel chap 3)

Thanks for all the other Bible verses, though – I’m going to put hose in as well!!!

God bless! St. Teresa of Avila, pray for us!

 

[Edward_Pothier]

Thanks so much for all of your help guys!!!

I found the answer I was looking for…I searched my breviary

It’s from the canticle of Daniel (Daniel chap 3)

Thanks for all the other Bible verses, though – I’m going to put hose in as well!!!

God bless! St. Teresa of Avila, pray for us!

Since you had previously mentioned that the request for a mix of Protestant and Catholic students, you might have to be concerned that parts of Daniel 3 in our Catholic Bibles are not accepted as canonical by most Protestants, i.e. they are considered Apocrypha. I do not have my LOTH book to check the actual reference, so this is just a heads-up warning.

Edward Pothier

 

[Nita]

Daniel 3:24-90 (NAB & DR) is not in most Protestant Bibles.
If their Bible has a section for what they consider apochryphal writings, it may be included there. My RSV software has such a section. This passage from Daniel is just identified as “Song of the Three Young Men”.