What is Christ the King Sunday?
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Christ the King Sunday is the last Sunday of the Christian year (the Sunday before Advent), confessing that Jesus reigns now and will reign forever over every nation and every heart.
Instituted in 1925 in response to rising secular ideologies that demanded ultimate allegiance, the day insists that Christ is the highest King.
Readings draw on Daniel 7, Revelation, and Jesus’ words: "All authority… has been given to me."
It is also a fitting hinge: the year ends with the King reigning; the next Sunday begins Advent, waiting for the King to return.
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