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 From the Booklet: THE REIGN OF CHRIST THE KING with Permission of the Author, PUBLISHED BY TAN BOOKS Introduction
On December 11, 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 Savior, 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 bishops of the world in particular, to be so embarrassed by this encyclical that it was virtually ignored at the time of the promulgation, and has been all but forgotten in the post-Vatican II epoch? What is 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. Note: Published on the web with permission of the author, Michael Davies.
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