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Do Eastern Catholics Cross themselves the Latin way (forehead, chest, left, then right), or the Orthodox way (forehead, torso, right, then left)?
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Credo_ergo_sum
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The Orthodox way.
PS: Is that a “Monastery” icon in your signature? It seems it is, please read this
PS: Is that a “Monastery” icon in your signature? It seems it is, please read this
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BListon
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Thanks. I had no Idea, I found this Pic. from the internet, guess I’ll have to change it now. Thanks for the heads up!
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The_Idiot
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Some Cross themselves the ‘Orthodox’ way and others the Latin way
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Diak
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Some of the non-Constantinopolitan Catholics (Armenians, Maronites, Malabars, etc.) do it the Latin way.
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Most of our Eastern Catholic brothers and sister cross themselves the Orthodox way (right to left).
The following information I found from the website:
catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0129.html
Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) said: “The sign of the cross is made with three fingers, because the signing is done together with the invocation of the Trinity … This is how it is done: from above to below, and from the right to the left, because Christ descended from the heavens to the earth, and from the Jews (right) He passed to the Gentiles (left).” While noting the custom of making the cross from the right to the left shoulder was for both the western and eastern Churches, Pope Innocent continued, “Others, however, make the sign of the cross from the left to the right, because from misery (left) we must cross over to glory (right), just as Christ crossed over from death to life, and from Hades to Paradise. [Some priests] do it this way so that they and the people will be signing themselves in the same way. You can easily verify this — picture the priest facing the people for the blessing — when we make the sign of the cross over the people, it is from left to right…” Therefore, about this time, the faithful began to imitate the priest imparting the blessing, going from the left shoulder to the right shoulder with an open hand. Eventually, this practice became the custom for the Western Church.
The following information I found from the website:
catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0129.html
Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) said: “The sign of the cross is made with three fingers, because the signing is done together with the invocation of the Trinity … This is how it is done: from above to below, and from the right to the left, because Christ descended from the heavens to the earth, and from the Jews (right) He passed to the Gentiles (left).” While noting the custom of making the cross from the right to the left shoulder was for both the western and eastern Churches, Pope Innocent continued, “Others, however, make the sign of the cross from the left to the right, because from misery (left) we must cross over to glory (right), just as Christ crossed over from death to life, and from Hades to Paradise. [Some priests] do it this way so that they and the people will be signing themselves in the same way. You can easily verify this — picture the priest facing the people for the blessing — when we make the sign of the cross over the people, it is from left to right…” Therefore, about this time, the faithful began to imitate the priest imparting the blessing, going from the left shoulder to the right shoulder with an open hand. Eventually, this practice became the custom for the Western Church.
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Diak
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Certainly all of the Eastern Catholics of the Constantinopolitan tradition make the Sign of the Cross right to left with three fingers. I don’t know about “most” - if you add the Malabars and Maronites up together that is a pretty large number.
But even amongst the Orthodox there are variations, such as the Old Ritualist way, and the Oriental Orthodox also have their variations as well.
But even amongst the Orthodox there are variations, such as the Old Ritualist way, and the Oriental Orthodox also have their variations as well.
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fijiq48
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With Knanaya Catholics, You take your right thumb, make the cross on your forehead, slide the thumb down to your mouth, make a cross, slide the thumb down to your chest, make a cross, and then finally (forehead, chest, left, then right) with your hand.
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fijiq48
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With Knanaya Catholics, You take your right thumb, make the cross on your forehead, slide the thumb down to your mouth, make a cross, slide the thumb down to your chest, make a cross, and then finally (forehead, chest, left, then right) with your hand. Its just like the gospel sign of the cross, except we use it more than just before reading the gospel, it is used as the start of mass,end of mass, and also for certain prayers.
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