Christ, in Old English Crist, is the title given to a triad of Old English religious poems in the Exeter Book comprising a total of 1664 lines and dealing with Christ's Advent, Ascension and Last Judgment. It was originally thought to be one piece completed by a single author, but the poem is now broken up into three parts:
- Christ I (also Christ A or Advent Lyrics), a collection of twelve anonymous Old English poems dealing with Christ's Advent.
- Christ II (also Christ B), poem written by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf on Christ's Ascension.
- Christ III (also Christ C), anonymous poem on the Last Judgment.
Together with Beowulf, it constitutes one of the primary examples of Anglo-Saxon literature.
Famous quotes containing the word crist:
“Of Eva first, that for hir wikkednesse
Was al mankinde brought to wrecchednesse,
For which that Jesu Crist himself was slain
That boughte us with his herte blood again—
Lo, heer expres of wommen may ye finde
That womman was the los of al mankinde.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)