Post by Eric Gajewski on Nov 20, 2015 16:10:42 GMT
TradCatKnight: Cardinal Pie and the Social Kingship of Christ
Near the close of the year 1925, Pope Pius XI issued his encyclical Quas Primas, introducing the Feast of Christ the King. By the celebration of this feast, it was thought that the teaching on Christ’s Social Kingship would more perfectly permeate the minds of men. Among other things, attacking the increasing secularism in social and political life, Pius taught that “It would be a grave error … to say that Christ has no authority whatever in civil affairs, since … all things are in his power.” Moreover, Pius unflinchingly asserted that Christ’s empire was universal, saying that “truly the whole of mankind is subject to the power of Jesus Christ.” Furthermore, the pope declared in no uncertain terms that “nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ.” Although it was not until the twentieth century that a pope formally introduced the faithful to the Social Kingship of Christ with both an encyclical and a feast day, the foundations for this teaching were firmly laid in the nineteenth century by a French prelate, Cardinal Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie, Bishop of Poitiers.
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Near the close of the year 1925, Pope Pius XI issued his encyclical Quas Primas, introducing the Feast of Christ the King. By the celebration of this feast, it was thought that the teaching on Christ’s Social Kingship would more perfectly permeate the minds of men. Among other things, attacking the increasing secularism in social and political life, Pius taught that “It would be a grave error … to say that Christ has no authority whatever in civil affairs, since … all things are in his power.” Moreover, Pius unflinchingly asserted that Christ’s empire was universal, saying that “truly the whole of mankind is subject to the power of Jesus Christ.” Furthermore, the pope declared in no uncertain terms that “nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ.” Although it was not until the twentieth century that a pope formally introduced the faithful to the Social Kingship of Christ with both an encyclical and a feast day, the foundations for this teaching were firmly laid in the nineteenth century by a French prelate, Cardinal Louis-Édouard-François-Desiré Pie, Bishop of Poitiers.
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