The rank of colonel is typically above the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank above colonel is typically called brigadier, brigade general or brigadier general. Equivalent naval ranks may be called captain or ship-of-the-line captain. In the Commonwealth air force rank system, the equivalent rank is group captain.
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Latin for Glory to God in the highest) is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the Minor Doxology or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn.[1][2] The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.
The Catholic Church has primarily used the Gloria Patri or Great Doxology. There is also a Lesser Doxology whose lyrics include, 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. The traditional doxology used in Protestant churches was written in 1674 in England: Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow