Christ the King
Christ the King is a title of Jesus in Christianity referring to the idea of the Kingdom of God where Christ is described as being seated at the right hand of God.[1]
This article is about the title of Jesus. For other uses, see Christ the King (disambiguation).
Many Christian denominations consider the kingly office of Christ to be one of the threefold offices: Christ is a prophet, priest, and king.[2]
The title "Christ the King" is also frequently used as a name for churches, schools, seminaries, hospitals, and religious institutes.
According to a tradition followed most prominently by the Catholic Church, Mary is given the title of Queen of Heaven.
Biblical basis[edit]
In the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel proclaims to Mary, "Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."[3]
Outside of the gospels, the First Epistle to Timothy (6:14–15) explicitly applies the phrase of "king of kings and lord of lords" (Βασιλεὺς βασιλέων καὶ κύριος κυρίων), adapting the Pentateuch's declaration, for the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords,[4] to Jesus Christ. In the Book of Revelation it is declared that the Lamb is "King of kings, and Lord of lords".[3]