Deconstructing Christ the King
from The Unorthodox Gatherings Hosted by Chris Brown
Christ the King has become a ubiquitous title in many Christian circles today. The festival of Christ the King was created in 1925 as a response, not to the rise brutal dictators like Caesar Augustus, but to the rise of secularism by Pope Pius XI. Today, proclaiming Christ as King has become a way for people to insulate their own power, but when we look at the historical context, we find that Christ as king was meant to be a radical response to anyone who would claim allegiance to any kind of power, especially over the weak.
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