Soli Deo gloria

It has been used by artists like Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Christoph Graupner to signify that the work was produced for the sake of praising God.

[4] A similar phrase is found in the Vulgate translation of the Bible: "soli Deo honor et gloria" in 1 Timothy 1:17.

The Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the initials "S. D. G." at the end of all his church compositions and also applied it to some, but not all, his secular works.

[6] The 16th century Spanish mystic and poet St. John of the Cross used the similar phrase, Soli Deo honor et gloria, in his Precautions and Counsels.

In Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic theology, the term latria is used for the form of adoration and glorification directed only to the Holy Trinity.

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
"S. D. G." (for Soli Deo gloria ) at the end of a G. F. Handel manuscript
Coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers
Soli Deo gloria on a 1622 coin from St. Gallen , Switzerland