Syriac Version
- Shouha tababa, W-brona, W-ruha dqudsha,
- min’alam w’adamma L-’alam, Amen.
- Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
- from everlasting and for ever and ever (one translation)
- OR
- forever and ever. Amen (another translation).
According to Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary, the lesser doxology is of Syrian origin.
This form, as the cited sources show, is used by the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church.
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