Feast of the Circumcision of Christ of the Church of England has listed this day as "The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus Christ." The "Book of Common Prayer" of the Anglican Church of Canada calls it "The Octave Day of Christmas, and the Circumcision of Our Lord, being New Year's Day". The 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church (United States) names this day "The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ", a Feast of the Lord. Since it was a feast of Christ and related directly to Scriptural passages (notably Luke 2:21), the Feast of Circumcision was retained by churches of the Lutheran
Christ the King Christ Our Sovereign King", was written by Msgr. Martin B. Hellrigel in 1941 to the tune "Ich Glaub An Gott". The Feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pius XI in 1925. In the General Roman Calendar of 1969, its observance in the Roman Rite was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time which is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. It is observed in the same position by most Anglicans and some Protestant denominations. Those Catholics who observe the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite with the General Roman Calendar of 1960, and the Anglican Catholic