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dulia

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dulia [ˈdjuːlɪə]
n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) (Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) the veneration accorded to saints in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Churches, as contrasted with hyperdulia and latria
[from Medieval Latin: service, from Greek douleia slavery, from doulos slave]

dulia
the devotion, veneration, or respect accorded saints.
See also: Catholicism, Saints


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He offered a reformed cult of the saints recognizing the Catholic distinctions among dulia, inferior veneration paid to saints, hyperdulia, veneration to Mary, and latria, the supreme worship due God alone.
Old Thomistic distinctions between latria and dulia, for example, or among the degrees of worship or respect we owe (in descending order) to God, our parents, our rulers, and our boss(21), are reduced (I paraphrase) to "that isn't the way we do things in California.
Old Thomistic distinctions between latria and dulia, for example, or among the degrees of worship or respect we owe (in descending order) to God, our parents, our rulers, and our boss(21), are reduced (I paraphrase) to "that isn't the way we do things in California.
 
 
 
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