doxology, an expression of praise to God.In Christian worship there are three common doxologies:. 1. The greater doxology, or Gloria in Excelsis, is the Gloria of the Roman Catholic and Anglican masses, and in its hundreds of musical settings it is usually sung in Latin.It is used in the Roman Catholic liturgy in a contemporary translation and is used liturgically, often in older translations
Luke Bryan, Dan + Shay, Dustin Lynch, CeCe Winans, Trisha Yearwood and Chris Young put their Latin knowledge to the test. CMA Country Christmas 2017 re-airsHosanna in excelsis. In the Roman Rite, the Sanctus also forms part of the solemn hymn of praise Te Deum laudamus , but with the addition of a reference to the "majesty" of the Lord's glory in the Pleni sunt verse (the phrase pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua becomes pleni sunt caeli et terra maiestatis gloriae tuae ). . 242 346 295 213 5 394 356 431