Why do Catholics portray Jesus on the Cross?

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A Lutheran pastor explained the difference to me. He said Lutherans display the cross without the body as a reminder of the resurrected Christ. Catholics display the cross with the body as a reminder of the Christ crucified.

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But we preach Christ crucified (1 Corinthians 1:23)

We do it to remember and honour the sacrifice Jesus made for us. We also meditate on His wounds the pain and suffering He went through out of His love for us.

"The purpose of the crucifix has always been to display the immense love Christ has for all humanity and to remind us of the hope of the Resurrection won by that victory of Jesus’ Passion." https://aleteia.org/2019/03/22/why-do-catholics-use-crucifixes-that-show-jesus-on-the-cross/

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Catholics portray Jesus on the Cross [...] this is not true for Eastern Orthodox or Protestant groups.

Eastern Orthodox and traditional Protestant icons of the crucifixion do exist; as do traditional Protestant crucifixes. Since Eastern Orthodox art does not include tridimensional statues, Eastern Orthodox crucifixes (containing a tridimensional statue of the crucifies Christ) do not exist; but Eastern Orthodox crosses with a flat or plane or bass-relief depiction of Jesus do.

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