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EspañolFEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
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:''"Christ the King" redirects here. For the appropriate title of Christ, see Christ King.''
The 'Feast of Christ the King' (or properly, the 'Solemnity of Christ the King') is a holy day in the liturgical calendar celebrated by the Catholic Church, and many Protestants. Scriptural references: Psalm 23 [24]; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
Pope Pius XI instituted the ''Solemnity of Christ the King'' on 11 December 1925 in his encyclical ''Quas Primas''. At that time he saw the rise of atheistic communism and secularism as a direct result of man's turning away from Christ's sovereignty, and man's denying of the authority of Christ's Church. This result was "disorder" or a move away from the Divine Order. The Feast of Christ the King was set on the last Sunday in October.
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS Xl DECEMBER 11, 1925: ''QUAS PRIMAS''
After the Second Vatican Council, the calendar reforms of 1969 moved the date of the Feast of Christ the King to the last Sunday before the next liturgical year's Advent (Advent marking the start of the liturgical year and beginning four Sundays before Christmas Day). Before this change, the Sunday before Advent bore the designation "Last Sunday After Pentecost" and had its own special Mass, regardless of the number of Sundays there were between Pentecost and Advent (23 to 28) in that particular year.
In the revised calendar, the feast will fall on whichever day from November 20 through November 26, all inclusive, is a Sunday in a given year. It is reckoned as the 34th and last Sunday of Ordinary Time, and all previous Sundays from Pentecost onward are counted back from this number, which more than half the time results in one week of Ordinary Time (always from the 5th through the 10th) being omitted in that year; and since Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and, in the United States, the solemnity of Corpus Christi take the place of the first three such Sundays, this means four Sundays in Ordinary Time will be missing from the calendar in most years and three in the others.
In the calendar used for the older rite, the feast falls on whichever day from October 25 through October 31 inclusive is a Sunday. It takes precedence over the occurring Sunday after Pentecost, which, until the 1962 reform, was commemorated. The Mass of that Sunday, rather than the Mass of Christ the King, is said during the week if days which are not feast days occur. Depending on the date of Easter, this can be the 20th, 21st, 22nd, or 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, or (as the 24th Sunday) 3rd Sunday after Epiphany.
White vestments are worn at masses on this Sunday, rather than the green that prevails during the rest of Ordinary Time or the Time after Pentecost, except for feasts that call for either white or red.
The Church of England and the Episcopal Church observe Christ the King as a Festival (with the subtitle "The Sunday next before Advent") on the same date as the Roman Catholic Church.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) celebrates the Feast of Christ the King on the same date as the Roman Catholic Church - the Sunday preceding the First Sunday in Advent.
The calendar of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) celebrates Christ the King Sunday as the last Sunday of the liturgical calendar.
In some Methodist calenders the Feast of Christ the King is the last Sunday of Kingdomtide, and falls on the same Sunday as in the Catholic calendar.
The older date of the Christ the King feast—the last Sunday in October—is observed as Reformation Sunday by many Protestant denominations.
Many catholic Schools and Churches have taken this name to be the name used for the church, some examples are as follows.
★ Christ the King Catholic Church & School In Hollywood CA.
★ Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
★ Christ the King Catholic School & Church
★ Ck
★ Christ the King School Chicago
★ Christ King
★ Cristo Rey
★ Stir-up Sunday
:''"Christ the King" redirects here. For the appropriate title of Christ, see Christ King.''
The 'Feast of Christ the King' (or properly, the 'Solemnity of Christ the King') is a holy day in the liturgical calendar celebrated by the Catholic Church, and many Protestants. Scriptural references: Psalm 23 [24]; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
| Contents |
| History of the Feast of Christ the King |
| Current practice |
| Non Roman Catholic Practices |
| Schools and Churches |
| See also |
History of the Feast of Christ the King
Pope Pius XI instituted the ''Solemnity of Christ the King'' on 11 December 1925 in his encyclical ''Quas Primas''. At that time he saw the rise of atheistic communism and secularism as a direct result of man's turning away from Christ's sovereignty, and man's denying of the authority of Christ's Church. This result was "disorder" or a move away from the Divine Order. The Feast of Christ the King was set on the last Sunday in October.
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS Xl DECEMBER 11, 1925: ''QUAS PRIMAS''
After the Second Vatican Council, the calendar reforms of 1969 moved the date of the Feast of Christ the King to the last Sunday before the next liturgical year's Advent (Advent marking the start of the liturgical year and beginning four Sundays before Christmas Day). Before this change, the Sunday before Advent bore the designation "Last Sunday After Pentecost" and had its own special Mass, regardless of the number of Sundays there were between Pentecost and Advent (23 to 28) in that particular year.
Current practice
In the revised calendar, the feast will fall on whichever day from November 20 through November 26, all inclusive, is a Sunday in a given year. It is reckoned as the 34th and last Sunday of Ordinary Time, and all previous Sundays from Pentecost onward are counted back from this number, which more than half the time results in one week of Ordinary Time (always from the 5th through the 10th) being omitted in that year; and since Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and, in the United States, the solemnity of Corpus Christi take the place of the first three such Sundays, this means four Sundays in Ordinary Time will be missing from the calendar in most years and three in the others.
In the calendar used for the older rite, the feast falls on whichever day from October 25 through October 31 inclusive is a Sunday. It takes precedence over the occurring Sunday after Pentecost, which, until the 1962 reform, was commemorated. The Mass of that Sunday, rather than the Mass of Christ the King, is said during the week if days which are not feast days occur. Depending on the date of Easter, this can be the 20th, 21st, 22nd, or 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, or (as the 24th Sunday) 3rd Sunday after Epiphany.
White vestments are worn at masses on this Sunday, rather than the green that prevails during the rest of Ordinary Time or the Time after Pentecost, except for feasts that call for either white or red.
Non Roman Catholic Practices
The Church of England and the Episcopal Church observe Christ the King as a Festival (with the subtitle "The Sunday next before Advent") on the same date as the Roman Catholic Church.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) celebrates the Feast of Christ the King on the same date as the Roman Catholic Church - the Sunday preceding the First Sunday in Advent.
The calendar of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) celebrates Christ the King Sunday as the last Sunday of the liturgical calendar.
In some Methodist calenders the Feast of Christ the King is the last Sunday of Kingdomtide, and falls on the same Sunday as in the Catholic calendar.
The older date of the Christ the King feast—the last Sunday in October—is observed as Reformation Sunday by many Protestant denominations.
Schools and Churches
Many catholic Schools and Churches have taken this name to be the name used for the church, some examples are as follows.
★ Christ the King Catholic Church & School In Hollywood CA.
★ Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
★ Christ the King Catholic School & Church
★ Ck
★ Christ the King School Chicago
See also
★ Christ King
★ Cristo Rey
★ Stir-up Sunday
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