The Hymn Gloria and Its Place in the Celebration of the Eucharist
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThis is a well-organized and researched essay. A couple of notes:
I'd recommend a paragraph break at line 26 on “Music itself” – this idea is important enough it deserves a paragraph break
59 please give us a date for the Liber Pontificalis
114-115 In half a sentence or less, briefly explain WHY these adjustments to the Gloria text would be connected to both Arianism and Origen (i.e. “…writers believe that these aspects reveal the influence of Arian thought, which claimed that… while others emphasize the influence of Origen, who wrote that…
At 122-134 Present the text with line breaks between lyrics, so that we have a more consistent format for the presentation of lyrics.
Author Response
Thank you for your willingness and comments on my article. Based on your requests, I have made the following changes to the article:
- I'd recommend a paragraph break at line 26 on “Music itself” – this idea is important enough it deserves a paragraph break.
Response: Thank you for the good suggestion. I have incorporated it into the article.
- 59 please give us a date for the Liber Pontificalis
Response: I have included a bibliographical note in the article.
- 114-115 In half a sentence or less, briefly explain WHY these adjustments to the Gloria text would be connected to both Arianism and Origen (i.e. “…writers believe that these aspects reveal the influence of Arian thought, which claimed that… while others emphasize the influence of Origen, who wrote that…
Responce: I have added a short text that characterizes Arius and Origen.
- At 122-134 Present the text with line breaks between lyrics, so that we have a more consistent format for the presentation of lyrics.
Responce: I added a line break between the texts.
In the attached document I am sending you a corrected version of the text of my article, in which I have highlighted all the changes requested by the peer reviewers. Please see the attachment.
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsFirst, thanks to the author for letting me read this interesting paper. It provides many sources of Gloria, which can be very usable for other research. The paper is very well structured and clearly explained. However, some details can be improved:
- The introduction is complete, but it needs to state better the objectives, and methodology and mention the expected results. It does not need to be long, just clarify these points.
- Parentheses quotations do not have to be bold.
- Latin words in text should be in italics (I highlighted them).
- If there are many footnotes, it is preferable Arabic numbers.
I have attached a file with highlighted words to be changed according to these suggestions.
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Author Response
Thank you for your willingness and comments on my article. Based on your requests, I have made the following changes to the article:
- The introduction is complete, but it needs to state better the objectives, and methodology and mention the expected results. It does not need to be long, just clarify these points.
Response: At the end of the introduction I added one short paragraph where I briefly stated the objectives, methodology and the expected results of the article.
- Parentheses quotations do not have to be bold.
Response: I've eliminated the bold in parentheses quotations.
- Latin words in text should be in italics (I highlighted them).
Response: I have made changes to the text. Thank you for highlighting individual places.
- If there are many footnotes, it is preferable Arabic numbers.
Response: I have changed the Arabic numbers for the footnotes.
In the attached document I am sending you a corrected version of the text of my article, in which I have highlighted all the changes requested by the peer reviewers. Please see the attachment.
Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe article is an historical study about the Christian hymn Gloria.
It is well constructed and coherent, although a proper consideration of the hymn in the modern age is missing.
Author Response
Thank you for your willingness and comments on my article.
- It is well constructed and coherent, although a proper consideration of the hymn in the modern age is missing.
Response: The aim of the article was to present the historical background of the hymn Gloria. The use of the hymn in the present day was mainly discussed in the fifth part of the article: Hymn Gloria and Its Use Today.
In the attached document I am sending you a corrected version of the text of my article, in which I have highlighted all the changes requested by the peer reviewers. Please see the attachment.
