Solemnity of Christ the King

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Catholic feast Christian holy day liturgical solemnity

The Solemnity of Christ the King is a major Catholic feast celebrating Jesus Christ’s universal kingship and the culmination of the liturgical year.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Christ the King	21
Feast of Christ the King	9
Christ the King Sunday	6
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe	5
Solemnity of Christ the King canonical	4
Christ the King feast (late liturgical year)	1
Feast of Christ the King (or Reign of Christ)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T190098 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Solemnity of Christ the King
Context triple: [Ordinary Time, contains, Solemnity of Christ the King]

A. Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, observed at the end of the Christmas season, that honors Jesus’ public revelation and the beginning of his ministry.
B. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
C. Paschal Triduum
The Paschal Triduum is the central three-day period of the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the evening of Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday.
D. Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
E. Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Solemnity of Christ the King
Target entity description: The Solemnity of Christ the King is a major Catholic feast celebrating Jesus Christ’s universal kingship and the culmination of the liturgical year.

A. Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, observed at the end of the Christmas season, that honors Jesus’ public revelation and the beginning of his ministry.
B. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
C. Paschal Triduum
The Paschal Triduum is the central three-day period of the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the evening of Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday.
D. Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
E. Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic feast ⓘ Christian holy day ⓘ liturgical solemnity ⓘ
associatedWith	end of liturgical year ⓘ social kingship of Christ ⓘ linked to: Kingship of Jesus
category	Christian feast days ⓘ Moveable feasts in the Roman Rite ⓘ
celebratedBy	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Rite some Anglican churches ⓘ some Lutheran churches ⓘ some Protestant communities ⓘ
celebrationIncludes	Eucharistic adoration in some communities ⓘ Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ Mass ⓘ
commemorates	Jesus Christ ⓘ eschatological reign of Christ ⓘ sovereignty of Christ over the universe ⓘ universal kingship of Christ ⓘ
currentOfficialName	Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe ⓘ linked to: Solemnity of Christ the King
dateInExtraordinaryForm	last Sunday of October ⓘ
dateInOrdinaryForm	last Sunday of Ordinary Time ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	solemnity ⓘ
hasProperPreface	Preface of Christ the King ⓘ linked to: Kingship of Jesus
hasProperReadings	lectionary readings emphasizing Christ’s kingship ⓘ
institutedByDocument	encyclical Quas Primas ⓘ
institutedInContextOf	post–World War I period ⓘ rise of secularism ⓘ
introducedBy	Pope Pius XI ⓘ
languageVariant	Latin: Sollemnitas Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Universorum Regis ⓘ
linkedToScripture	Gospel accounts of Christ before Pilate ⓘ Gospel accounts of the Last Judgment ⓘ New Testament texts on Christ’s headship over the Church ⓘ apocalyptic and eschatological passages ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
marks	culmination of the liturgical year ⓘ
movedToCurrentDateBy	liturgical reform after Second Vatican Council ⓘ
observanceType	holy day of obligation in some countries ⓘ
observedIn	Roman Catholic liturgical calendar ⓘ linked to: Christian liturgical year
originalName	Feast of Christ the King ⓘ linked to: Solemnity of Christ the King
partOf	Roman Rite liturgical year ⓘ
precedes	First Sunday of Advent ⓘ
promotes	acknowledgment of Christ’s authority in public and private life ⓘ
theologicalTheme	Christ’s lordship over history ⓘ final judgment ⓘ fulfillment of the Kingdom of God ⓘ kingship of Christ over all nations ⓘ
yearOfInstitution	1925 ⓘ

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