CHAPTER XXXIX: CHRIST THE KING, JUDGE, AND HEAD OF THE BLESSED


FIRST ARTICLE: CHRIST THE KING

There are three parts: (1) The principal testimonies of the Old and New Testaments concerning Christ's universal kingship. (2) Whether and by what titles Christ even as man is the king of all, both spiritually and temporally. (3) Christ's universal influence as king over all men in the social order.

It is of faith that Christ after His ascension sits at the right hand of the omnipotent Father and reigns forever. The various symbols of the faith express this.[2356]