When Is Doxology Sung In Church Services

Short hymn of praise to God

A doxology (Ancient Greek: δοξολογία doxologia, from δόξα , doxa 'glory' and - λογία , -logia 'maxim')^[one] ^[ii] ^[iii] is a short hymn of praises to God in diverse forms of Christian worship, oft added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns. The tradition derives from a similar practice in the Jewish synagogue,^[4] where some version of the Kaddish serves to end each section of the service.

Trinitarian doxology [edit]

Amongst Christian traditions a doxology is typically an expression of praise sung to the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is common in high hymns for the final stanza to have the grade of a doxology. Doxologies occur in the Eucharistic prayers, the Liturgy of the Hours, hymns, and various Catholic devotions such every bit novenas and the Rosary.

Gloria in excelsis Deo [edit]

The Gloria in excelsis Deo, also called the Greater Doxology, is a hymn beginning with the words that the angels sang when the nativity of Christ was announced to shepherds in Luke 2:14. Other verses were added very early, forming a doxology.

Gloria Patri [edit]

The Gloria Patri, and so named for its Latin incipit, is usually used every bit a doxology in many Christian traditions, including the Roman Catholics, Old Catholics, Contained Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Disciples of Christ, Reformed Baptists and United Protestants.^[5] It is chosen the "Lesser Doxology", thus distinguished from the "Great Doxology" (Gloria in Excelsis Deo), and is often chosen just "the doxology". Equally well every bit praising God, it was regarded every bit a brusk declaration of religion in the equality of the iii Persons of the Holy Trinity.

The Greek text,

Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι

καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

is rendered into Latin equally,

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.

which is literally translated

Glory [be] to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Equally it was in the beginning, and now, and always, and into the ages of ages. Amen.

"In saecula saeculorum", here rendered "ages of ages", is the calque of what was probably a Semitic idiom, via Koine Greek, pregnant "forever." It is as well rendered "world without end" in English, an expression also used in James I's Authorised Version of the Bible in Ephesians 3:21 and Isaiah 45:17. Similarly, "et semper" is often rendered "and always shall be", thus giving the more than metrical English version,

... As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without stop. Amen.

A common version of the Liturgy of the Hours, as approved by the U.S. Conference of Cosmic Bishops, uses a newer, different translation for the Latin:

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as information technology was in the start, is now, and volition be for e'er. Amen.

The virtually commonly encountered Orthodox English version:

Glory to the Male parent, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now, and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen

The mod Anglican version institute in Common Worship is slightly different, and is rooted in the aforementioned translations institute in the Authorised Version:

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning is now and e'er shall be, world without stop. Amen.

"Praise God, from whom all blessings menses" [edit]

Another doxology in widespread utilize in English, in some Protestant traditions commonly referred to but as The Doxology or The Common Doxology,^[6] begins "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow". The words are thus:

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

These words were written in 1674 by Thomas Ken^[7] as the final poesy of two hymns, "Awake, my soul, and with the lord's day"^[8] and "Glory to thee, my God, this night,"^[9] intended for morning and evening worship at Winchester Higher. This terminal verse, separated from its proper hymns and sung to the tune "Old 100th", "Duke Street", "Lasst uns erfreuen", "The Eighth Melody" by Thomas Tallis, among others, oft marks the dedication of alms or offerings at Lord's day worship. The popular Hawaiian version Hoʻonani i ka Makua mau was translated by Hiram Bingham I and is published in hymnals.^[10] Many Mennonite congregations sing a longer and more embellished setting of this text known equally "Dedication Anthem" by Samuel Stanley.^[11] In Mennonite circles, this doxology is unremarkably known as "606" for its hymn number in The Mennonite Hymnal [1969], and colloquially known as the "Mennonite National Anthem." Students at Goshen Higher stand and sing the doxology when 6:06 remains in a soccer game – as long as Goshen is winning the game.^[12]

Some Christian denominations have adopted contradistinct versions of the Doxology in the interest of inclusive linguistic communication or other considerations. Some Disciples of Christ congregations eliminate the masculine pronouns. Some denominations, such as the Anglican Church of Canada (Common Praise), the United Church of Canada (Voices United), and the United Church of Christ (New Century Hymnal), replace "heavenly host" with a reference to God's dearest. The United Church of Christ version reads:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God for all that honey has done;

Creator, Christ, and Spirit, 1.

The Presbyterian Church (USA) accustomed this version of the Doxology in 2014 to accompany the Glory to God, the Presbyterian Hymnal. This version was written past the Rev. Neil Weatherhogg, pastor of both the First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, Texas and the Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church in Louisville Kentucky. This version was published past Rev. Weatherhogg in 1990. This hymn maintains Gender neutrality as it does not refer to God in gender specific terminology. It goes:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God above ye heavenly host;

Praise Triune God, whom we admire

Other versions of this doxology be besides, with various lyrics, including in the United Methodist Hymnal (#621), "Be Present at Our Table, Lord," which is often sung as grace before meals using the tune "Old 100th;" hymn by John Cennick; tune from the Genevan Psalter, 1551; attributed to Louis Bourgeois:

Be present at our tabular array, Lord;

be here and everywhere adored;

thy creatures bless, and grant that we

may feast in paradise with thee.

Eucharistic doxology [edit]

The Eucharistic Doxology in a stained glass window of St. James' in Glenbeigh

In the Catholic Mass a prose doxology concludes the eucharistic prayer, preceding the Our Father. It is typically sung by the presiding priest along with any concelebrating priests. The Latin text reads:

Per ipsum, et cum ipso, et in ipso, est tibi Deo Patri omnipotenti in unitate Spiritus Sancti, omnis honor et gloria per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen. (1. Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours almighty Male parent, forever and ever Amen. and 2. Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all celebrity and honor is yours, forever and ever. Amen.)

The equivalent passage in the Book of Common Prayer (1549) of the Church of England reads:

By whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father almighty, earth without end. Amen.

Lord's Prayer doxology [edit]

Another familiar doxology is the one often added at the terminate of the Lord's Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, and the ability, and the celebrity, forever and ever, Amen." This is establish in manuscripts representative of the Byzantine text of Matthew half-dozen:xiii, but non in the manuscripts considered by Catholics to be the almost reliable. According to Scrivener'south "Supplement to the Authorized English version of New Attestation", information technology is omitted by eight out of 500 or so manuscripts. Some scholars do non consider it function of the original text of Matthew, and modern translations do non include it, mentioning it only in footnotes. Since 1970, the doxology, in the form "For the kingdom, the power, and the celebrity are yours, at present and for always", is used in the Roman Rite of the Mass, after the Embolism. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1914) claims that this doxology "appears in the Greek textus receptus and has been adopted in the afterward editions of the Book of Common Prayer, [and] is undoubtedly an interpolation." In fact, the Lord's Prayer doxology is often left away by Catholics, such as in the Liturgy of the Hours, or when, which is quite often outside Mass, a Hail Mary follows immediately (e. g. in the Rosary where the Gloria Patri serves equally doxology).

Co-ordinate to the Catechism of the Cosmic Church, this doxology takes up

the first three petitions to our Father: the glorification of his name, the coming of his reign, and the power of his saving will. Simply these prayers are now proclaimed as adoration and thanksgiving, as in the liturgy of sky. The ruler of this earth has mendaciously attributed to himself the three titles of kingship, power, and glory. Christ, the Lord, restores them to his Father and our Male parent, until he hands over the kingdom to him when the mystery of conservancy will be brought to its completion and God will exist all in all.^[13]

Other doxologies [edit]

In the Epistle of Jude, the last two verses (24 and 25) are considered to be a doxology and are used by many Protestant Christians, especially in public worship settings:

"Now unto him that is able to continue you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, rule and ability, both now and e'er. Amen." (KJV)

At Matins, Orthodox worship specifies a Great Doxology for banquet days and a Small-scale Doxology for ordinary days. Both include the Gospel doxology of the angels at Christ's birth (Luke 2:14: "Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will"). The lines of this doxology are the opening lines of the prayer Gloria in Excelsis recited during the Roman Catholic Mass.

Unitarian Universalism [edit]

In Unitarian Universalism, "the Doxology" typically refers to Curtis Due west. Reese's adaptation of "From all that dwell below the skies", an 18th-century paraphrase of Psalm 117 past Isaac Watts:

"From all that dwell below the skies

permit songs of promise and faith arise; (Or, alternatively, let organized religion and promise with dearest arise)

let peace, goodwill on earth be sung (Or let dazzler, truth and good be sung)

through every country, by every tongue." (Or in every land, in every tongue.)

While many congregations who employ a doxology use these words and sing them to the tune of Old 100th, there are nine different lyrics that congregations may cull to utilise, along with three tunes (Old 100th, Tallis' Catechism, and Von Himmel Hoch) listed in the Unitarian Universalist hymnal Singing the Living Tradition.

These doxologies appear in Unitarian Universalist services as short songs of communal praise and connection, placed in the service much equally Trinitarian doxologies are placed in a Protestant service.

Pentecostal [edit]

A popular doxology in African-American Pentecostal and Baptist churches is "Praise Him, Praise Him", written in the 1980s by famed African American Gospel vocaliser and government minister Reverend Milton Biggham.^[14]

Praise him, praise him, praise him, praise him! Jesus, blessed Savior, he's worthy to exist praised.

From the rising of the sun until the going down of the same, he's worthy, Jesus is worthy, he's worthy to be praised.

Celebrity! Glory! In all things give him celebrity. Jesus, blessed Savior, he's worthy to be praised.

For God is our rock, hope of salvation; a potent deliverer, in him I will always trust.

Praise him, praise him, praise him, praise him! Jesus, blessed Savior, he's worthy to be praised.

From the rising of the lord's day until the going down of the aforementioned, he'southward worthy, Jesus is worthy, he's worthy to be praised.

Praise him, praise him, praise him, praise him! Jesus, blessed Savior, he's worthy to be praised.

Iglesia ni Cristo [edit]

In the Iglesia ni Cristo, the Doxology is sung earlier the Benediction and Concluding Rites during worship services. It reads:

Tagalog	Official English Text
"Purihin natin ang Amá;	"Praise God, our Father up to a higher place;
Mabuhay sa pag-ibig ng Anák;	Proclaim the dearest of His beloved Son;
Taglayín ang Espíritung Banál;	Receive the Holy Spirit's souvenir;
Ang Dios ay lagì nating sambahín.	Forever worship our Almighty God.
Amen"	Amen"

Derivations [edit]

Considering some Christian worship services include a doxology, and these hymns therefore were familiar and well-practiced among church choirs, the English discussion sockdolager arose, a deformation of doxology, which came to hateful a "show-stopper", a production number. The Oxford English Dictionary considers it a "fanciful" coinage, but an 1893 speculation reported in the Chicago Tribune as to the origin of the word as one of its early on attestations:

A writer in the March Atlantic gives this as the origin of the slang word "socdollager", which was electric current some time agone. "Socdollager" was the uneducated homo's transposition of "doxologer", which was the familiar New England rendering of "doxology". This was the Puritan term for the verse ascription used at the conclusion of every hymn, like the "Gloria" at the end of a chanted psalm. On doctrinal grounds information technology was proper for the whole congregation to bring together in the singing, so that it became a triumphant winding upward of the whole deed of worship. Thus is happened that "socdollager" became the term for anything which left zilch else to follow; a decisive, overwhelming end, to which no reply was possible.^[xv]

See too [edit]

Greater doxology

References [edit]

^ American Heritage Dictionary, Wordnik, due south.v. "doxology".
^ Harper, Douglas. "doxology". Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ δόξα . Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
^ Doxology - Catholic Encyclopedia article
^ Becchio, Bruno; Schadé, Johannes P. (2006). Encyclopedia of World Religions. Foreign Media Group. ISBN978-1-60136-000-seven. The lesser doxology, or Gloria Patri, used in most Christian traditions at the close of the psalmody.
^ The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod—Liturgical Glossary Archived Dec 8, 2008, at the Wayback Automobile
^ "Thomas Ken Biography". Cyberhymnal . Retrieved 2011-07-23 .
^ "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Menses". Cyberhymnal . Retrieved 2008-02-19 .
^ "All praise to thee, my God, this night". Cyberhymnal . Retrieved 2008-02-19 .
^ Hoʻonani i ka Makua mau at Hymnary.org; Hoʻonani i ka Makua mau at Huapala.org
^ Joseph Funk, Harmonia Sacra, 290. http://harmoniasacra.org/290.html; http://www.entish.org/hs/handbook.html. Harmonia Sacra attributes Stanley as composer, although Lowell Bricklayer'southward The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music does not give a clear attribution.
^ Groff, Anna (March 18, 2008). "606: When, why and how practice Mennonites utilise the anthem?" (PDF). The Mennonite. Mennonite Church Usa.
^ "The Last Doxology". Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church refers to the Didache and Apostolic Constitutions.
^ Pannellctp Traditional Gospel Music (2011-04-26), Praise Him - Gospel Legends Volume 2 Rev. Milton biggham, Lillian Lilly, archived from the original on 2012-07-30, retrieved 2017-03-11
^ 19 March 1893, Chicago Daily Tribune, pg. 36

External links [edit]

Hymns of the Spirit Three Contains numerous "doxologies" to the tune "Old Hundredth" used in the Unitarian, Universalist and liberal Christian traditions, in English language, Spanish and French.