{"slug": "glory-be-to-the-father", "title": "Glory Be to the Father", "first_line": "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son", "author_source": "Traditional liturgical text (the lesser doxology), 2nd century", "foot": "irregular", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 4, 6, 8, 7, 4, 4], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": true}, "topics": ["Trinity", "Praise", "Worship"], "scripture": ["Matthew 28:19", "Ephesians 3:21"], "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Glo -- ry be to the Fa -- ther, and to the Son, and to the Ho -- ly Ghost; as it was in the be -- gin -- ning, is now, and ev -- er shall be, world with -- out end. A -- men, A -- men.", "prose": ["Glory be to the Father,", "and to the Son,", "and to the Holy Ghost;", "as it was in the beginning,", "is now, and ever shall be,", "world without end.", "Amen, Amen."]}}, "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "book-of-common-prayer", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Gloria Patri (lesser doxology), a traditional trinitarian liturgical text in continuous Christian use since roughly the 2nd century (its fixed \"as it was in the beginning\" form since the 4th). This English wording (\"world without end. Amen.\") is the received Book of Common Prayer translation (1549/1662), sung to the Greatorex tune in American hymnals' service music since the 1850s. Ancient anonymous text, centuries out of copyright.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}