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Gloria in excelsis [Lat.,=glory in the highest], the Angelic Hymn or greater doxology , ancient Christian hymn beginning, according to the Authorized Version, "Glory be to God on high, and on earth, peace, goodwill towards men." An amplification of Luke 2.14, the hymn was of Greek origin and took its place in the Roman Mass about the beginning of the 6th cent. In the Latin Mass it follows the Kyrie.

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Gloria in excelsis. The initial words in Latin, and hence the common designation, of the hymn ‘Glory be to God on high’, etc. Its date and authorship are unknown. In the 4th cent. it formed part of morning prayers, and it is still recited in the Orthodox Orthros. In the W. Church its main use is in the Eucharist.

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Gloria in Excelsis A liturgical hymn based on the angels' song of Luke 2: 14; in early and medieval times of the Church it formed part of the synaxis (readings and prayers), early in the Eucharist. In the Church of England it was transferred in the Second (1552) Book of Common Prayer to a place preceding the Blessing at the end. Modern rites have restored it to its ancient place.

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