Is the sign of a cross borrowed from pagans?

[geraldine77]

My JW friends are asking me this questions as they told Catholic teaching are pagans,since they don’t believe cross , Christ did not die on the cross but in a stauros’’ in greek’’ stake…:c

 

[Devon_Caffran]

These links should be helpful for understanding the history of the Sign of the Cross. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.

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• What is the history of the sign of the cross?
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