ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a brief survey of a significant, but less known strand of Christocentrism which can be traced from the earliest centuries of the Christian era, and which is typified by a more mystical approach to the figure of the suffering Christ. It charts the sources of the two compelling themes that became so important for Cennick and the Moravians of the eighteenth century: bridal mysticism and blood-and-wounds piety. The chapter provides a brief survey of a significant, but less known strand of Christocentrism which can be traced from the earliest centuries of the Christian era, and which is typified by a more mystical approach to the figure of the suffering Christ. The presence of a Moravian worshipping community in the heart of the capital also increased the exposure of interested churchgoers to the distinctive Moravian worship, which was at its most inventive at this time under Zinzendorf.
