Soli Deo gloria

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Main facade of the Dominican Church in Lviv with the Latin phrase "Soli Deo honor et gloria".
"Soli Deo gloria" inscripted in Norwegian cast-iron stove from the 19th century

Soli Deo gloria is a

Protestant Reformation
.

As a greeting, it was used by monks in Cistercian and Trappist monastic orders in written communication.[1]

As a doctrine, it means that everything is done for God's glory to the exclusion of mankind's self-glorification and pride. Christians are to be motivated and inspired by God's glory and not their own.

Meaning and related terms

Soli Deo gloria (abbreviated S. D. G.) is usually translated glory to God alone,[2][3] but some translate it glory to the only God.[4] A similar phrase is found in the Vulgate translation of the Bible: "soli Deo honor et gloria" in 1 Timothy 1:17.[5] The verse reads differently in Greek and English because of the additional adjective "wise": ἀφθαρτῷ, ἀορατῷ, μόνῳ, σοφῷ Θεῷ—aphthartó, aorató, móno, sophó Theó—"to the immortal, invisible, unique, wise God."

Musical and literary usage

"S. D. G." (for Soli Deo gloria) at the end of a G. F. Handel manuscript

The

St. John of the Cross used the similar phrase, Soli Deo honor et gloria, in his Precautions and Counsels.[7]

In tribute to Bach, the term was also chosen by Sir John Eliot Gardiner as the name for his own record label after leaving Archiv Produktion, to continue and complete his Bach cantatas project.

Aaron Shust's 2009 song "To God Alone (be the Glory)" was inspired by Bach's writing "S.D.G." at the bottom of his musical scores.[8]

Protestant usage in the Five Solae

Together with

Five Solae, a summary statement of central tenets of the Protestant Reformation.[9]
Although these individual phrases have been used for centuries, it is not clear when they were first put together.

Other denominational views

In

Virgin Mary.[11] The definition of the three level hierarchy of latria, hyperdulia and dulia goes back to the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.[12]

Mottos

Coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
Soli Deo gloria on a 1622 coin from St. Gallen, Switzerland

Soli Deo Honor et Gloria is the motto of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers, and appears on their gate at the entrance to St Helen's Place, City of London; the Worshipful Company of Drapers uses the same motto but in English as Unto God only be honour and glory.

Soli Deo gloria is the motto of the

Ursuline High School, a Catholic high school located in Youngstown, Ohio which was founded in 1905; of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and of the Bishop's Stortford College, a British public school founded in 1868 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. It is also imprinted on the South African 1 Rand coin.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ P. Cyprian. Vennari, John (ed.). "Father Cyprian Interviewed". Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery.
  2. ^
    Cambridge Companions to Music
    . Cambridge University Press.
  3. ISBN 978-0-415-96908-6
    .
  4. ^ "About the Ursulines". Ursuline Sisters of Louisville.
  5. ^ "1:17". 1 Timothy. Retrieved 4 August 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ISBN 978-0-19-816228-5
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1-58617-257-2
    .
  8. YouTube
  9. ISBN 978-0-567-03430-4
    .
  10. ISBN 0-8091-4047-0
    p. 145
  11. ISBN 1-4022-0806-5
    p. 58
  12. ISBN 1-150-72245-2
    p. 288
  13. ^ "ZAR – South African Rand". travel.fyicenter.com.

External links

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