The statement was debated and adopted in the exhilarating months of the Revolution of 1989, the demise of communism, and the almost
universal acclamation of the American experiment.
Given the similarities between some of the major themes of the Philippians hymn and the chief characteristics of the emperor cult (the divine origin or pre-existence of the subject, his apotheosis by
acclamation at death, his ubiquitous rule and receipt of
universal homage) which have long been noted, and have received thorough attention, it is likely that the original composer of these lines, whoever they were, intended to assert the superiority of Christ over Caesar.