Fr. Nicholas Ayo is a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross.

He received the S.T.L. degree from the Gregorian University in Rome and the Ph.D. in literature from Duke University. He was the Director of Novices for the Congregation of Holy Cross in North America for six years and taught in the Great Books Program at the University of Notre Dame until 2004, when he retired to Professor Emeritus status. Examples of his many books include: The Creed as Symbol, the Lord?s Prayer, The Hail Mary: A Verbal Icon, and his most recent book, Gloria Patri: The History and Theology of the Lesser Doxology.

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