Gloria Patri: The History and Theology of the Lesser Doxology

Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi The Lesser Doxology xiii The Greater Doxology xiv PA RT O N E . Doxology: Word and Concept Doxology as Mystery of God 3 The Philology and Theology of Glory 9 The History of the Gloria Patri Doxology 19 PA RT T WO . The Trinity in Time and Eternity “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” 45 “As it Was in the Beginning”—The Glory of Eternity and Time 63 “Is Now”—The Fullness of Time and the Hidden Glory 76 “And Will be Forever, World without End”—The Fullness of Grace and the Revealed Glory 99 “Amen” 112 A Last Word 114 A Poem of Glory 116 Notes 118 Select Bibliography 127 C O N T E N T S viii ...