Christus: Ein Mysterium in einem Vorspiele und drei Oratorien is a musical composition by Felix Draeseke consisting of a prelude and three oratorios completed in September 1899.
Beginning as early as the 1860s, Draeseke and his brother-in-law, the Reverend Adolf Schollmeyer, began gathering ideas for the project.
According to the composer's own program notes: Christus was premiered in Berlin in 1912, with Bruno Kittel conducting.
Draeseke intended for it to fit into the category of Wagner's "Musikdrama," and in fact he used leitmotif throughout the work.
Draeseke wrote in program notes following the Christus premiere, "The composer never intended his work to be performed on the stage.