Christ Is The King Of
History
All human history is
ordered to the birth of Christ
Stephen Kokx
December 23, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — There’s an
all-too-cliche saying that history is written by the victors.
The meaning is that after a
conflict has taken place, the winners are able to portray themselves as heroes
while characterizing their opponents as villains whose ideas are to be cast
into the abyss never to be heard from again.
It has been argued by not a
few individuals that the defeat of Germany during World War II and the fall of
the Berlin Wall in 1989 meant any governing philosophy not named liberal
democracy was destined for what Ronald Reagan once called “the ash heap of
history.”
The past twenty or so years
has proven that theory false.
The rise of Islamism,
democracy’s devolution into despotism via a Deep State that spans multiple
continents, and liberalism’s increasing hostility towards religion suggests the
convulsions mankind experienced in the 1900s have not yet come to an end.
Furthermore, the resurgence
of anti-globalist, some might say anti-liberal, attitudes currently sweeping
Europe indicate Christians are no longer willing to sit idly by as their
heritage is torn apart under the guise of one of liberalism’s core tenets:
tolerance.
Essential to a proper
understanding of human events is the recognition of the social ramifications of
the birth of Jesus Christ.
As
Pope Pius XII once remarked, “it is
impossible for anyone to expound fully and impartially the history of events
and institutions without the light of Christ and His Church shining clearly
forth in superhuman brightness.”
In the 21st century,
partisans of liberalism, in an attempt to accomplish what their Communist
forefathers could not — namely, eradicate from existence the Catholic faith —
will often assert that supporting same-sex ‘marriage’, promoting transgender
‘rights’, expanding abortion, and the like, places oneself on “the right side
of history.”
No doubt many persons in our
agnostic age fall prey to the sort of moral superiority the high-sounding claim
of being on “the right side of history” brings with it.
But the inconvenient truth
for those who have succumbed to this fairy tale is that to place oneself on
“the right side of history” means placing oneself on the side of Jesus Christ.
Fr. Denis Fahey, an Irish
priest whose books on economics and politics are a must read for any Catholic
interested in the subjects, wrote as much in the 1940s:
“After
its miserable fall from God, the Creator and the Giver of heavenly
gifts...separated into two diverse and opposite parts, of which the one
steadfastly contends for truth and virtue, the other of those things which are
contrary to virtue and to truth.
“The
one is the kingdom of God on earth, namely, the true Church of Jesus Christ;
and those who desire from their heart to be united with it, so as to gain
salvation, must of necessity serve God and His only-begotten Son with their
whole mind and with an entire will.
“The
other is the kingdom of Satan, in whose possession and control are all
whosoever follow the fatal example of their leader and of our first parents,
those who refuse to obey the divine and eternal law, and who have many aims of
their own in contempt of God, and many aims also against God.”
In effect, what Fr. Fahey is
saying is that Christ is the King of history. He is the true victor, the victor
o’er the grave.
It is His birth that all
things are ordered to, and it is His story that will ultimately prevail over
the varied schemes fallen, pride-filled man concocts in order to maintain power
and justify his errant behavior.
Christ’s Kingship imposes
itself upon the nations of the world no different than the law of gravity
imposes itself.
St.
Cyril of Alexandria says “Christ has
dominion over all creatures, a dominion not seized by violence nor usurped, but
his by essence and by nature.”
Pope
Pius XI, in his 1925 encyclical Quas
Primas, echoes those remarks. “His
kingship is founded upon the ineffable hypostatic union. From this it follows
not only that Christ is to be adored by angels and men, but that to him as man
angels and men are subject, and must recognize his empire.”
Christmas, therefore, is not
just another time of year.
It is not just a feel good
season where we get excited about Bing Crosby songs and sipping spiked eggnog
while watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation for the 100th time.
It is the solemn yet joyful
celebration of God becoming man, redeeming him, and calling upon each person —
and nation — to share in His glory by living according to His laws.
Let 2018 be a year where this
becomes a reality.
Let it be the year where
Christians zealously follow through on their heavenly duty to go forth and
teach all nations the truths of the Gospel.
Stephen Kokx is the Assistant Director of Digital
Marketing for LifeSiteNews' Catholic Edition. He has previously worked for the
Archdiocese of Chicago's Office for Peace and Justice. A former community
college instructor, Stephen has written and spoken extensively about Catholic
social teaching. His essays have appeared in such outlets as The Remnant
Newspaper, Crisis Magazine, Catholic News Agency, and CatholicVote.org. Most
recently, he hosted “Church and State with Stephen Kokx,” a podcast featured
on Magnificat Radio.
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