medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>Early German hymnody, from what very
>little I know, tended to emphasize the
>Christus victor idea. It did this, insofar
>as I understand, because the German
>pagans being approached, for lack of a
>better term, had gods who tended to
>be warriors. Obviously, in a pantheon,
>only victorious warriors counted for
>much.
Then there's the hymn verse: Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus
imperat!
MG
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