The Carmen Christi: Christ’s Humility and Exaltation in Philippians 2. Few passages in Scripture rise to the poetic and theological height of Philippians 2:6–11. Known as the Carmen Christi (“Hymn to Christ”), this section is widely recognized as one of the earliest Christian confessions of faith, possibly a hymn sung in the earliest churches. Paul incorporates it into his letter not merely as doctrine, but as the ultimate example of humility for believers to imitate.