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The Sign of the Cross: History and different ways of signing
DIR By: Maria
Date: November 10, 2014, 4:57 pm
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> BTW, the Oriental Orthodox cross themselves in the same manner
as the Roman Catholics. It's not wrong, just a different
tradition.
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Interesting about the Sign of the Cross.
If you have any information, perhaps we can discuss the origin
and why different churches make it differently. For example, the
Old Believers in Russia use two fingers instead of three, don't
they?
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Re: The Sign of the Cross: History and different ways of signing
DIR By: marc hanna
Date: November 10, 2014, 10:03 pm
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I'm not sure if it is improper to post a link to another forum,
but here a good discussion on the topic with several posts from
Fr Peter Farington from the British Orthodox church:
HTML http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,3671.0.html
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Re: The Sign of the Cross: History and different ways of signing
DIR By: charbelkaleab
Date: November 11, 2014, 4:34 am
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I cross from left to right.
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Re: The Sign of the Cross: History and different ways of signing
DIR By: marc hanna
Date: November 11, 2014, 7:57 am
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as do I.
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Re: The Sign of the Cross: History and different ways of signing
DIR By: stanley123
Date: November 13, 2014, 2:42 pm
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I think it is going to depend on what Church you are in. Roman
Catholics and Greek Catholics cross differently. If I recall
correctly, the Eastern ORthodox method is older than the RC
method according to the Catholic encyclopedia.
HTML http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13785a.htm
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Re: The Sign of the Cross: History and different ways of signing
DIR By: marc hanna
Date: November 13, 2014, 3:51 pm
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Different histories recall it differently, however the oriental
orthodox churches have remained in isolation from much of the
rest of christianity since the 6th century, and they all cross
from left to right. All other other accounts that say the RC
way changed at some point date it back at the very earliest to
the 10th century. That in itself suggests that the left to
right predated the post-chalcedonian schism.
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