Solemnity of Christ the King

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Catholic feast Christian holy day liturgical solemnity

The Solemnity of Christ the King is a major Catholic feast celebrating Jesus Christ’s universal kingship and the culmination of the liturgical year.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Christ the King	7
Feast of Christ the King	3
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic feast ⓘ Christian holy day ⓘ liturgical solemnity ⓘ
associatedWith	end of liturgical year ⓘ Kingship of Jesus ⓘ surface form: social kingship of Christ
category	Christian feast days ⓘ Moveable feasts in the Roman Rite ⓘ
celebratedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church some Anglican churches ⓘ some Lutheran churches ⓘ some Protestant communities ⓘ
celebrationIncludes	Eucharistic adoration in some communities ⓘ Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ Mass ⓘ
commemorates	Jesus Christ ⓘ eschatological reign of Christ ⓘ sovereignty of Christ over the universe ⓘ universal kingship of Christ ⓘ
currentOfficialName	Solemnity of Christ the King self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
dateInExtraordinaryForm	last Sunday of October ⓘ
dateInOrdinaryForm	last Sunday of Ordinary Time ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	solemnity ⓘ
hasProperPreface	Kingship of Jesus ⓘ surface form: Preface of Christ the King
hasProperReadings	lectionary readings emphasizing Christ’s kingship ⓘ
institutedByDocument	encyclical Quas Primas ⓘ
institutedInContextOf	post–World War I period ⓘ rise of secularism ⓘ
introducedBy	Pope Pius XI ⓘ
languageVariant	Latin: Sollemnitas Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Universorum Regis ⓘ
linkedToScripture	Gospel accounts of Christ before Pilate ⓘ Gospel accounts of the Last Judgment ⓘ New Testament texts on Christ’s headship over the Church ⓘ apocalyptic and eschatological passages ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
marks	culmination of the liturgical year ⓘ
movedToCurrentDateBy	liturgical reform after Second Vatican Council ⓘ
observanceType	holy day of obligation in some countries ⓘ
observedIn	Christian liturgical year ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic liturgical calendar
originalName	Solemnity of Christ the King self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feast of Christ the King
partOf	Roman Rite liturgical year ⓘ
precedes	First Sunday of Advent ⓘ
promotes	acknowledgment of Christ’s authority in public and private life ⓘ
theologicalTheme	Christ’s lordship over history ⓘ final judgment ⓘ fulfillment of the Kingdom of God ⓘ kingship of Christ over all nations ⓘ
yearOfInstitution	1925 ⓘ