The Interesting History of the Sign of the Cross

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The Interesting History of the Sign of the Cross

The sign of the cross was in the headlines this week, a rare place for an ancient Christian gesture. Considered to be largely an exclusive Catholic tradition, it might surprise many evangelicals that its origins and use long predate the Reformation. In fact, Turtullian, a Christian author who lived in the second and third centuries, specifically mentions it in his writings. “In all our travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, i…