The Social Reign Of Christ The King

Pius XI: “Quas Primas”

Father Jean-Luc Lafitte

Introduction 

The dogma of the social reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ King is certainly one of the most important of all Catholic teachings; but nowadays it is one of the most rejected. 

Yet this doctrine is truer and more necessary than ever. 

Archbishop Lefebvre talked to us about it very often; towards the end of his life nearly all of his sermons address this issue. 

The Kingship of our Divine Lord has always been recognised and preached within the Church, but it was formally established as a dogma of the Catholic Faith on December 11th 1925 by Pope Pius XI through his encyclical Quas Primas. 

Through this solemn and infallible act of his magisterium, the Pope instituted the feast of Christ the King: 

“…by Our Apostolic Authority We institute the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ to be observed yearly throughout the whole world on the last Sunday of the month of October.” (more…)