I thought some of you might find this of interest. It's a Franciscan perspective of the centrality of Christ the King , the Alfa and Omega of all created things, in whom the predestined were chosen "before the creation of the world" (Eph 1:4).
The philosopher Etienne Gilson, wrote Of a hundred writers who have held Duns Scotus up to ridicule, not two of them have ever read him and not one of them has understood him.
He's worth reading and understanding!
http://absoluteprimacyofchrist.org/?page_id=20
http://www.faith.org.uk/publications/Magazines/Jan08/Jan08ThePrimacyOfChristInJohnDunsScotus.html
http://ad-orientem.blogspot.it/2006/10/cur-deus-homo.html
http://carey.academia.edu/MykHabets/Papers/1086290/On_Getting_First_Things_First_Assessing_Claims_for_the_Primacy_of_Christ