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

27/05/2025 18 min Temporada 1 Episodio 2
What is the sign of the cross, and why do Catholics make it so often?

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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 2157Tertullian, De Corona, Chapter 3.St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures, 13:36.Ezekiel 9:4-5