/ · 1894 Brewer’s · G · Glory be to the Father
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etc. The first verse of this doxology is said to be by St. Basil. During the Arian controversy it ran thus: “Glory be to the Father, by the Son, and in the Holy Ghost.” (See Gloria.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.