Gloria in Excelsis Deo — (Latin for Glory to God in the highest ) is the title and beginning of a hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the Minor Doxology or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn.Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford… … Wikipedia
Te Deum — Ambrosian Hymn redirects here. For hymns written by Ambrose, see Ambrosian hymns. See also Te Deum (religious service) The Te Deum (also known as Te Deum Laudamus, Ambrosian Hymn or A Song of the Church) is an early Christian hymn of praise. The… … Wikipedia
Colarbasians — Gnosticism This article is part of a series on Gnosticism History of Gnosticism … Wikipedia
Festival Te Deum — The Festival Te Deum is the popular name for an 1872 composition by Arthur Sullivan, written to celebrate the recovery of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) from typhoid fever. The prince s father, Prince … Wikipedia
Te Deum Laudamus (Sullivan) — Arthur Sullivan s Te Deum Laudamus A Thanksgiving for Victory , usually known as the Boer War Te Deum , is a choral work composed by Sullivan in the last few months of his life. It was commissioned on behalf of Dean and Chapter of London s St.… … Wikipedia
Dismissal (liturgy) — The Dismissal (Greek: απόλυσις; Slavonic: otpust) is the final blessing said by a Christian priest or minister at the end of a religious service. In liturgical churches the dismissal will often take the form of ritualized words and gestures, such … Wikipedia
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy — The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy or Shelosh Esreh Middot enumerated in Exodus 34:6 7 are the attributes with which, according to Jewish tradition, God governs the world. According to the explanation of Maimonides these attributes must not be… … Wikipedia
Cherubim — • Angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cherubim Cherubim … Catholic encyclopedia
Exodus 18 — 1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; 2 Then Jethro, Moses father in law, took Zipporah, Moses wife, after … The King James version of the Bible
Deuteronomy 6 — 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes … The King James version of the Bible