„Gloria in excelsis Deo” (Latin for „Glory to God in the highest”) is a hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the „Minor Doxology” or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn.[1][2] The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.
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Istorie Evanghelica 