Do catholics believe in the cross?

Question

Do they?

Thankyou for any answers,because i wanted to know. :)

Answer 1

What exactly are you asking? Yes we believe that Christ died upon the cross. We generally display crucifixes in our homes and always in our churches. Without the Corpus the cross is empty of meaning.

Answer 2

Catholics should wear Crucifixes -- not empty Crosses -- around their necks.

Why Crucifixes instead of empty Crosses? Because, as did Paul, we preach Christ crucified, and know that we get to the Resurrection through the Cross, that we are called to pick up our own crosses and carry them, offering up our sufferings in imitation of Him.

Answer 3

Yes,Catholics firmly believe in the cross of Jesus Christ, in fact everytime they pray they blesses themselves by doing the sign of the cross invoking the FAther, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Catholics thus starts and ends thier prayer with the sign of the Cross.

Answer 4

Of course, they along with the Orthodox were the first bearers of the word. Have you never stepped foot in a Catholic Church? They even have days set aside to ponder the mystery of it, of the death of Jesus and the resurrection, such as:

The Elevation of the Cross
Corpus Christi
Feast of Christ the King

and of course,

Holy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter
Pentecost

Further, in a Roman rite Catholic Church you will see the "Stations of the Cross" all around it. A complete recreation of the story of the crucifixion. In a Byzantine rite Catholic Church the back right panel will be a giant icon of the crucifixion.

Further, when they pray, they cross themselves giving glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit reminding them in every single prayer to give glory to the Holy Trinity and to keep in mind the Holy Cross of Christ.

Answer 5

The Catholic Sign of the Cross is absolutely ancient, rooted not only in the Old Testament but the New (Apocalypse speaks of those who have the sign of God in their foreheads -- and those who have the sign of the Beast in their foreheads). When Catholics undergo the Sacrament of Confirmation, the Bishop (sometimes a priest) seals the sign on our foreheads with holy chrism.

St. John of Damascus wrote:

This was given to us as a sign on our forehead, just as the circumcision was given to Israel: for by it we believers are separated and distinguished from unbelievers.

Crossing one's self recalls this seal, and the invocation that is said while making this holy sign calls on our God -- the Father, His Son, and the Holy Ghost -- and is a sign of our of belief; it is both a "mini-creed" that asserts our belief in the Triune God, and a prayer that invokes Him.
The use of holy water when making this sign, such as we do when we enter a church, also recalls our Baptism and should bring to mind that we are born again of water and Spirit, thanks be to God.

Because of what the Sign indicates -- the very Cross of our salvation -- Satan hates it, and our using it makes demons flee. Make the Sign in times of temptation and confusion for great spiritual benefit!

Catholics should begin and end their prayers with the Sign of the Cross and should cross themselves when passing a church to honor Jesus in the Tabernacle, upon entering a church, and after receving Communion. The sign is made, too, in times of trouble or fear ( when receiving bad news, in times of temptation, when hearing an ambulance or fire truck go by), when passing a cemetery or otherwise recalling the dead, when seeing a Crucifix -- any time one wishes to honor and invoke God, or ward away evil, fear, and temptation.

There are other signs of the Cross that Catholics make, too. One is made by tracing a small Cross with the thumb of the right hand on people and things. This sign is especially used by parents when blessing children by tracing the sign on the children's foreheads..Sometimes the sign is traced by the thumb on a book of Sacred Scripture and then kissed before reading. The sign is also carved onto loaves of bread before cutting, etc.

Another sign is the large sign made in the air by bishops and priests when blessing persons or material objects.

Yet another is the series of three small Crosses traced by the thumb of the right hand -- one small Cross on the forehead, one small Cross on the lips, and one small Cross on the breast -- just before the Gospel reading at Mass.
The sign on the forehead is to show that we believe the Gospel, the sign on the lips is to show that we respect the Gospel and desire to spread the Good News, and the sign on our breast is to show that we love the Gospel and want it kept in our hearts.

Every Catholic home should have a Cruficix hanging over the bed in each bedroom, and, most importantly, at least one in a common area, such as the Dining Room, Living Room, or Family Room. In addition, generally speaking, Catholics should wear Crucifixes -- not empty Crosses .

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

Man, sometimes I really feel it.