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Christ the King

Christ the King

Why Christ Is King

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The Church highlights the closing of each liturgical year by celebrating the solemnity of Christ the King. As liturgical feast days go, this one is relatively new. It was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 with the publication of his encyclical Quas Primas (“In the First”). The encyclical was a response to the growing Read More

Christ As King in Scripture

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Jesus Christ is strongly identified as the king prophesied in the Old Testament in the Gospels of Matthew (see 21:5) and John (12:15) and he receives royal enthronement in the Letter to the Hebrews (1:3, 8) and the Book of Revelation (17:14; 19:16). By contrast, in Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is called king only in the Read More