Annum Sacrum

The encyclical Annum Sacrum (Latin dtsch: Holy Year ) on May 25, 1899 Christ the King and Sacred Heart devotion for the Holy Year in 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. adopted.

Background

Mary of the Divine Heart of Jesus Countess Droste Vischering joined with 25 years in the Order of the " Sisters of the Good Shepherd", a, 1894, she was Mother Superior in Porto. Due to spinal disease soon confined to her bed, she still fulfilled her duties. Increasingly, her visions were given, so the desire to consecrate the Heart of Jesus the whole world; this, it sent Pope Leo XIII. , who the Holy Year in 1900 corresponded to the concerns with his encyclical " Annum sacrum ," the world on June 11, 1899 Dedicated to the Hearts of Jesus and the solemnity of " Sacred Heart of Jesus " on June 11, firmly set.

Content Description

With the welcome and input words he praised the first work of his predecessors and explains the origin of Christ the King and Sacred Heart devotion. Leo XIII. stated that it was Jesus Christ himself, not the apostles or disciples, who has described himself as king. He cites as evidence the New Testament: It says in the Gospel of John (XVIII 37): Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king ?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a king ." This statement of Jesus (18 xxviii. ) shown again reinforced in the Gospel of Matthew, which states: As Jesus stood before them and said to them: " I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth " At the core of his encyclical Leo sets XIII. So the Church firmly fixed to Christkönigstag.

The Christkönigstag in its present form since 1969 proceeds on an encyclical Pius XI. back. The last Sunday of the liturgical year, which is the Sunday before Advent is actually called dead Sunday in remembrance of the dead and also eternity Sunday in view of eternity. The Catholics celebrate the feast of Christ the King on this day.