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What is the sign of the cross, and why do Catholics make it so often?

What is the sign of the cross, and why do Catholics make it so often?

Update: 2025-05-27
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In this episode of Saints and Skeptics we ask "What is the sign of the cross and why do I often see Catholics making it? What significance does it hold? Isn't making the sign of the cross kind of more of a cultural thing with no real purpose anyway?"

Lets find out!



Citations from this episode:
  • CCC 2157
  • Tertullian, De Corona, Chapter 3.
  • St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, 13:36 .
  • Ezekiel 9:4-5
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What is the sign of the cross, and why do Catholics make it so often?

What is the sign of the cross, and why do Catholics make it so often?

Michael Ryan