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Abstract
At a time when western Christendom was reexamining itself and its doctrine, the poet John Milton lived. It is legitimate to assume that this Christian poet would have been concerned with the central figure of the Christian religion, Jesus Christ. This concern is reflected in the works of Milton, not just during a single period but throughout his career. As the central figure of Milton's religion and his thought, the Christ as the Christ of Milton deserves study. As a good Christian, Milton should be credited with having been sincere in whatever he wrote about the Christ, regardless of its orthodoxy in relation to traditional doctrine. The Christ, therefore, should not be viewed as a fictional character in any of Milton's treatment of Him. The problem in a study of what this human-divine figure was to this Christian poet is a real one because of the conflicting concepts and changes within the realm of Hilton's own writings, which may be accepted as evidence of his thought. What Milton actually believed cannot be finally stated by anyone, perhaps not even by the poet himself.