Gloria in excelsis Deo
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"Gloria in excelsis Deo" is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology and the Angelic Hymn or Hymn of the Angels. The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.
Angel with the words "Gloria in Excelsis Deo et in terra pax" by Dalziel Brothers
Te Deum
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The Te Deum is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to a date before AD 500, but perhaps with antecedents that place it much earlier. It is central to the Ambrosian hymnal, which spread throu
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…individuals in imitation of the biblical Psalter) that were popular in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Other surviving examples of this lyric poetry are the Te Deum and the Phos Hilaron. In the 4th century it became part of morning prayers, and is still recited in the Byzantine Rite Orthros service. The Latin…
Te Deum stained glass window by Christopher Whall at St Mary's church, Ware, Hertfordshire
Vatican Reg. Lat. 11, fol. 230v (Frankish Hymnal, mid-8th century)
Te Deum on a stained glass window in the Sorrowful Mother Shrine Chapel (Bellevue, Ohio)
12th-century murals in Vä Church, Sweden, depicting angels and saints holding scrolls with the text of Te Deum