 right|200px "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.oxford dictionary of the christian church (oxford university press 2005 isbn 978-0-19-280290-3), article gloria in excelsis the name is often abbreviated to gloria in excelsis or simply gloria. the hymn begins with the words that the angels sang when the birth of christ was announced to shepherds in . other verses were added very early, forming a doxology. ==history== it is an example of the psalmi idiotici ("private psalms", i.e. compositions by 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 translation is traditionally attributed to saint hilary of poitiers (c. 300â368), who may have learned it while in the east (359â360). the vulgate latin translation of the bible was commissioned only in 382. the latin hymn thus uses the word excelsis to translate the greek word á½ÏÎ¯ÏÏÎ¿Î¹Ï (the highest) in , not the word altissimis, which saint jerome preferred for his translation. ==present-day greek text==  :ÎÏÎ¾Î± Î£Î¿Î¹ Ïá¿· Î´ÎµÎ¯Î¾Î±Î½ÏÎ¹ Ïá½¸ Ïá¿¶Ï. :ÎÏÎ¾Î± á¼Î½ á½ÏÎ¯ÏÏÎ¿Î¹Ï ÎÎµá¿· ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼Ïá½¶ Î³á¿Ï Îµá¼°ÏÎ®Î½Î· á¼Î½ á¼Î½Î¸ÏÏÏÎ¿Î¹Ï Îµá½Î´Î¿ÎºÎ¯Î±. :á½Î¼Î½Î¿á¿¦Î¼Î­Î½ ÏÎµ, Îµá½Î»Î¿Î³Î¿á¿¦Î¼Î­Î½ ÏÎµ, ÏÏÎ¿ÏÎºÏÎ½Î¿á¿¦Î¼Î­Î½ ÏÎµ, Î´Î¿Î¾Î¿Î»Î¿Î³Î¿á¿¦Î¼Î­Î½ ÏÎµ, Îµá½ÏÎ±ÏÎ¹ÏÏÎ¿á¿¦Î¼Î­Î½ ÏÎ¿Î¹, Î´Î¹á½° Ïá½´Î½ Î¼ÎµÎ³Î¬Î»Î·Î½ ÏÎ¿Ï Î´ÏÎ¾Î±Î½. :ÎÏÏÎ¹Îµ ÎÎ±ÏÎ¹Î»Îµá¿¦, á¼ÏÎ¿ÏÏÎ¬Î½Î¹Îµ ÎÎµÎ­, Î Î¬ÏÎµÏ ÏÎ±Î½ÏÎ¿ÎºÏÎ¬ÏÎ¿Ï, ÎÏÏÎ¹Îµ Î¥á¼±á½² Î¼Î¿Î½Î¿Î³ÎµÎ½Î­Ï, á¼¸Î·ÏÎ¿á¿¦ Î§ÏÎ¹ÏÏÎ­, ÎºÎ±á½¶ á¼Î³Î¹Î¿Î½ Î Î½Îµá¿¦Î¼Î±. :ÎÏÏÎ¹Îµ á½ ÎÎµÏÏ, á½ á¼Î¼Î½á½¸Ï ÏÎ¿á¿¦ ÎÎµÎ¿á¿¦, á½ Î¥á¼±ÏÏ ÏÎ¿á¿¦ Î Î±ÏÏÏÏ, á½ Î±á¼´ÏÏÎ½ Ïá½´Î½ á¼Î¼Î±ÏÏÎ¯Î±Î½ ÏÎ¿á¿¦ ÎºÏÏÎ¼Î
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