Glory Be (Gloria Patri)
Also known as: Gloria Patri Doxology Glory Be to the Father
English Text
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Translation tradition: Traditional English
Latin Text
Gloria Patri,
et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Scripture: Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:13
When to pray: Closes each Rosary decade; ends every psalm and canticle in the Liturgy of the Hours; sung at Benediction.
History & Background
The Gloria Patri is the lesser doxology of the Western Church, distinguishing it from the Gloria in Excelsis (greater doxology). A trinitarian formula of praise appears in the New Testament (Mt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:13). The current text crystallized in the 4th–5th centuries partly in reaction to the Arian heresy, which denied the co-eternal divinity of the Son; the clause "as it was in the beginning" affirms the Son's eternal pre-existence. The Council of Nicaea (325) and the First Council of Constantinople (381) provide the doctrinal basis for the full Trinitarian formula. It concludes every psalm and canticle in the Liturgy of the Hours and every decade of the Rosary.
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Source
https://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html verbatim