Why do some catholics wear the crucifix?

Answer 1

To show that Jesus died on the cross for us.

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Catholic AnswerIn the Christian faith, THE thing that God did for us was to become human in the person of Our Blessed Lord, and then to suffer and die for us. It was His Crucifixion on Good Friday that satisfied the Father's Divine Justice: when we sin, we commit an immeasurable offense, because the One that we are sinning against is Infinite. The only thing that can satisfy for the offense was God, as we are not capable of providing an infinite satisfaction. Thus the Crucifixion was THE Infinite Satisfaction for sin because is was God who came and died in the flesh. The self-offering of Our Lord is what set the world right again. The Mass, which is celebrated every day everywhere is the re-presentation of that Infinite Satisfaction of Our Blessed Lord's Offering of Himself to the Father. The crucifix which we wear is to remind us of this, and to show our faith to everyone else.

Answer 2

The crucifix is a representation of Christ crucified, a symbol which perfectly summarizes the totality of the Catholic Faith. It is a reminder to Catholics of the price that was paid for sin, the sacrifice of God for man's redemption, the love of God for us His creatures, the sacredness and briefness of life, the certainty of death, the path of the cross that all Christians must be ready to follow, and the Faith one must have unto death. The crucifix is thus a focal point for Catholic belief as well as its standard. Many modern churches now solely feature the risen Christ imposed upon the cross, or no corpus at all, thus emphasizing the glory and promise of the resurrection but effacing the deeper things such as the price of sin and God's love through sacrifice.

Answer 3

Jesus died on the cross. Some wear it because of that.

Some wear a crucifix (a cross depicting a dying Jesus) for this very reason, but most wear an empty cross as a symbol, not only of Christ's death, but alo of his resurrection and ascension.

Answer 4

Christians believe that through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the relationship between God and humans that was once broken by sin, is restored and opens the way to eternity with Him when we die. The death of Jesus is therefore of great importance to the Christian. As Jesus was executed by being nailed to a cross (the normal method of crucifixion for common criminals used by the Roman Empire in that time) the image of him nailed to that cross - the crucifix - acts as as a focal point to help us worship him. The crucifix (the cross holding the dying figure of Christ) is found more often in the Roman Catholic or Orthodox churches as they emphasise Christ's death. However, in the Protestant denominations, emphasis is placed more on the resurrection and so an empty cros - symbolising the risen Christ - is more often found.

Answer 5

They do not worship the cross. They worship the One who was hung on it.

It is like talking intimately to a picture of someone beloved. The picture is important to you, but you are not loving the picture. You are loving the person in the picture.

Answer 6

I am not to sure what you mean by this question. Did you mean that the Roman Catholics used the crucufix as a form of punishment, in which case they did not . Or why do they use it as a symbol. In this case it is to remind them of the death of Christ and that He died for all mankind.

As a personal though I do not agree with the symbol of a dead Christ,and it should not be used for Christ lives and is not dead to me. I can however understand the Catholic way of thinking.

While most christians show the crucifix without Christ on it because he is no longer on the cross but risen, the catholics usually still have him hung upon the crucifix. But it is to remember what he did for all mankind.

Answer 7

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Catholic AnswerThe central theme of Christianity is the Our Blessed Lord came to earth, was incarnate of the Blessed Virgin, taught, established His Church - all for one reason - so that He could offer Himself in Sacrifice on the Cross for our salvation. Without His Crucifixion, all the rest of it is totally meaningless. His Crucifixion, His Sacrifice of Himself upon the altar of the cross to His Father completely remade the entire world, redeeming it, and us, if we accept it. And accepting it means not only believing in it, but (St. Luke 9:23) "And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." Christianity is the crucifix, the Holy Eucharist is the re-presentation of His Sacrifice for us, in which we are mystically made present on Calvary two thousand years ago. Catholics use Crucifixes to remind themselves constantly of why we are saved, and what we must do to make that salvation our own.

Answer 8

As a reminder of our faith and of Christ's love for us.

"Keep your eyes on the crucifix,

for Jesus without the cross

is a man without a mission,

and the cross without Jesus

is a burden without a reliever."

~Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen