ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the preachers and their sermons in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia. Warfare was not the only means by which Christianity prevailed in the former pagan societies in the Baltic region. According to Henry the word of God was equally powerful in this process, as shown through the careful chosen examples of preachers and their sermons presented in the chronicle. The analysis of the sermons reproduced has provided us with insight into some of the general themes that were touched upon by the preachers and missionaries in their sermons. It was established that Henry regarded a minimum of theological training as important and necessary for those involved in the missionary work. Then, the preachers seem to have been preoccupied with the overall notion of the Christian God being both stronger and mightier than the pagan gods.
