The Reign of Christ the King by Michael Davies.
“For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king.” — Isaias 33:22
On 11 December 1925 Pope Pius XI promulgated his encyclical letter Quas Primas, on the Kingship of Christ. The encyclical dealt with what the Pope described correctly as “the chief cause of the difficulties under which mankind was laboring.”
Pope Pius XI explained that the manifold evils in the world are due to the fact that the majority of men have thrust Jesus Christ and His holy law out of their lives; that Our Lord and His holy law have no place either in private life or in politics; and, as long as individuals and states refuse to submit to the rule of our Saviour, there will be no hope of lasting peace among nations. Men must look for the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ—Pax Christi in Regno Christi.
CHRIST’S KINGSHIP IGNORED IN THE CHURCH?
In the February, 1976 issue of Approaches, Hamish Fraser stated with, alas, complete accuracy, that Quas Primas is virtually ignored by the so-called Catholic nations and by the Catholic clergy. It was, he lamented, the greatest non-event in the entire history of the Church.
What is it that caused the Catholic clergy, and the bishops of the world in particular, to be so embarrassed by this encyclical that it was virtually ignored at the time of its promulgation, and has been all but forgotten in the post-Vatican-II epoch? What is it about this encyclical which caused its teaching to be passed over in silence, if not actually contradicted, by the Second Vatican Council? It is an incontrovertible fact that this Council conspicuously and, one must conclude, deliberately, failed to reaffirm the teaching of Quas Primas.
The of Christ the King by Michael Davies
Table of Contents
Christ’s Kingship Ignored in the Church?
The Universal Rights of Christ
The Social Kingship of Christ
The Rise of a Heresy: Authority Comes from the People
The Church and Democracy
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
What Is a “Right”?
Civil Law and the Eternal Law
Reaction to Quas Primas
Liberty of Conscience?
What Is Liberalism?
If Christ Is Dethroned, We Become Inhuman
The Feast of Christ the King
To Restore the Reign of Christ
Our First Task
