Sign of the Cross
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For other uses, see Sign of the Cross (disambiguation). The Sign of the Cross (Latin: Signum Crucis) is a ritual hand motion made by members of most but not all branches of Christianity. It may be accompanied by the trinitarian formula. For Christians the motion symbolizes the Cross on Calvary by tracing the shape of the cross in the air or on one's own body. There are two principal forms, one followed by Eastern Orthodox Churches, and the other by the Western Churches (Anglicanism, Lutheranism, and Roman Catholicism) and Oriental Orthodoxy. The sign is rarely used by non-liturgical or evangelical Protestants.
Sign of the Cross
The Sign of the Cross or Signum crucis in Latin is a ritual hand motion made by members of many but not all branches of Christianity. It may be accompanied by the trinitarian ...
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Sign of the Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A term applied to various manual acts, liturgical or devotional in character, which have this at least in common: that by the gesture of tracing two lines intersecting at right ...
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sign of the Cross
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