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Newsgatherer -> Baptised a 11 in 1922

you -> yes, that's what clued me in. We Catholics baptize infants so I knew from there he was a Proddie.

me -> That's not uniquely a Cathy practice. Lots of Proddies practice infant baptism also.

you ->I'm talking about the Sign of the Cross

Guess you are having trouble keeping your treads of conversation straight. Also not unique to cathys.

The sign of the Cross, Western style (left to right) is certainly a catholic custom but not a uniquely Roman one. It is routinely used both in public worship and private devotions by Episcopalians and Lutherans.

Martin Luther included this gesture in his suggestions for daily morning and evening personal devotions in his Small Catechism of 1529: "In the morning, when you rise, make the sign of the cross and say "In the name of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen." "In the evening, when you retire, make the sign of the cross and say "In the name of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen." This devotional was then to be followed, either kneeling or standing, with the Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer.

Sadly there are few practitioners of these devotions any more. I know a few faithful Pastors who teach this and expect this of their Confirmation students.

Guess you are having trouble with reading comprehension. I said the Catholics and Orthodox do it. No evangelical Protestant that I know of would perform it.

My paternal side is/was Anglican and Episcopalian. They speak the Sign of the Cross but do not perform the physical action.