Gloria Patri, also known as the
Gloria,
Glory Be to the Father or, colloquially, the
Glory Be, is a
doxology, a short
hymn of praise to
God in various
Christian liturgies. It is also referred to as the
Minor Doxology (Doxologia Minor) or
Lesser Doxology, to distinguish it from the
Greater Doxology, the
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.