Also known as Gloria Patri, Doxology
A single sentence of praise to the Trinity, prayed at the end of each decade of the Rosary and between the psalms. The oldest form of Christian prayer still in daily use.
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.
Glória Patri,
et Fílio,
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Appendix A: Common Prayers
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The gesture and words that open and close nearly every Catholic prayer. Eight words, and the shortest statement of what Christians believe about God.
Not a single prayer but a method: the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be arranged around twenty scenes from the life of Christ. The order of the prayers, the mysteries for each day, the two prayers belonging to the Rosary alone, and the older Dominican form.