Origin of the Feast of Christ the King

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In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in the encyclical Quas Primas (In the First) to respond to secularism.
Quas Primas gave Catholics the hope that while governments may fail, Christ’s Kingdom would last forever.

:amen::amen::amen:
 
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In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in the encyclical Quas Primas (In the First) to respond to secularism.
Quas Primas gave Catholics the hope that while governments may fail, Christ’s Kingdom would last forever.

:amen::amen::amen:
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Amen.
 
Funny, I thought Divine Revelation and Sacred Scripture gave us that hope.
 
CyrilSebastian said:
In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in the encyclical Quas Primas (In the First) to respond to secularism.
Quas Primas gave Catholics the hope that while governments may fail, Christ’s Kingdom would last forever.

:amen::amen::amen:
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This is arguably the most unpopular feast now, but more needed than ever. The secularists, and some within the Church, would like to rename the feast “Christ the Facilitator”, or something. The modern tendency is to redefine Jesus as The One Who Brings Out Our Innate Goodness and Spirituality, and Helps Us To Eliminate Hierarchy and Difference.

2015 tends to reject Jesus as “king” because that involves inequality. Likewise, people are uncomfortable with the Christian concept of “Angels” because they, too, are above humans. The modern concept of God is so limited, He is only slightly higher than we are, so there’s no room for Angels, or Christ as “King”. When I taught religion, the text said I should reject Christ the King as no longer applicable, but you can be sure I ignored the religion text. In the near future, anyone who suggests God is more important than people will be labelled a bigot.

True, there have been past times when some regarded Christ as King, but ignored the Sermon on the Mount. In the present, that error is not the common one, but it is still wrong in itself. We need both, the Sermon on the Mount, and Christ our King. If Christ isn’t your King, something else is.
 
May biological father’s nickname was “king”
b/c his Chinese middle name was kin wah!!
Anyway Christ is both king and my father in
the Faith!!
 
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