Martin Luther is one of the Fathers of the Protestant Reformation, but many people don't realize he was a Catholic Priest.
Further, many people don't realize that he developed a catechism in which he taught the following:
"As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you should bless yourself with the sign of the Holy Cross and say: May the will of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be done! Amen.
Then, kneeling or standing, say the creed and pray the Lord's Prayer. "
So the question for all non-Catholic Christians (i.e. Protestants):
Since one of your Church Fathers taught this, why don't all non-Catholics use the Sign of the Holy Cross when they pray???
Seems like you should if one of your founding fathers taught you to...
Source:
The Small Catechism of Martin Luther
http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/little.book/book-appendix1.txt
2006-07-10
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