Sanchez, Bricze Ohjelle BJ C.

BS CRIM

Module 15

1. What is the importance of using “Sing of the Cross” in Christian Faith?

-The Sign of the Cross is a profession of faith in God as He has revealed himself. It
serves as an abbreviated form of the Apostles' Creed.
2. When and how the use of Sign of the Cross was formalized? Under what
circumstances?
-The earliest formalized way of making the sign of the cross appeared about the 400s,
during the Monophysite heresy which denied the two natures in the divine person of
Christ and thereby the unity of the Holy Trinity. The sign of the cross was made from
forehead to chest, and then from right shoulder to left shoulder with the right hand. The
thumb, forefinger, and middle fingers were held together to symbolize the Holy Trinity–
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
3. List of at least 5 situations or events you commonly use and pray the Sign of The
Cross.
-During the minor exorcism of baptism, during ablutions before praying at fixed prayer
times, and in times of temptation.

True or False
TRUE 1. The sacrament of Baptism is conferred "in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit."
TRUE 2. The baptized person dedicates the day to the glory of God and calls on the
Savior's grace which lets him act in the Spirit as a child of the Father.
TRUE 3. In CCC 305, Christian prayer begins with the “Sign of the Cross,” marked by
our “Glory be.
TRUE 4. the sign of the cross is a sacramental, a sacred sign instituted by the Church.
TRUE 5. St. Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) in his Catechetical Lectures stated, “Let us then
not be ashamed to confess the Crucified.