Saturday, November 21, 2015

Christ the King? Or Christ the President?

A HEAVENLY KING ABOVE ALL, BUT A KING WHOSE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY EXERCISED IN THIS WORLD. A KING WHO BY RIGHT POSSESSES THE SUPREME AND FULL AUTHORITY. THE KING MAKES LAWS, COMMANDS AND JUDGES. HIS SOVEREIGNTY BECOMES EFFECTIVE WHEN HIS SUBJECTS RECOGNIZE HIS RIGHTS, AND OBEY HIS LAWS.

King of Kings

“Jesus Christ has rights over us all: He made laws, he governs the world and will judge men. It is our responsibility to make the kingdom of Christ effective by obeying its laws.

“This kingdom is an individual fact, if it is considered in regards to the obedience every loyal soul gives to Our Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, the kingdom of Christ is exercised over souls; and therefore the soul of each one of us is a part of the territory under the jurisdiction of Christ the King. The kingdom of Christ will be a social fact if human societies obey him. It can therefore be said that the kingdom of Christ becomes effective on earth, in its individual and social sense, when men in the intimate of their souls and in their actions conform to the law of Christ and societies do so in their institutions, laws, customs, cultural and artistic aspects.”

(This quote of Prof. Plinio CorrĂȘa de Oliveira is from Crusader of the 20th Centuryby Prof. Roberto de Mattei.)

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