>> There shrine of the three kings in Cologne cathedral is well worth
>> visiting. According to an editor's note in Scott's Quentin Durward, which
>> I am reading just now while on the road, the Magi were known as "the kings
>> of Cologne."
>>
>> tmi
>>
>How did the legend get started that they represented the three races of
>mankind, European, Asiatic (Middle Eastern?), and African? They're
>represented this way in a Durer Nativity, but often not.
>pat sloane
I would think the diversity of the Magi is based on the concept that they
represent the whole Gentile world recognizing the divine truth in Jesus.
Steve Cartwright
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