Dulia

The forerunners of Christ with saints and martyrs, Fra Angelico (1423–24)

Dulia ( also “Dulie”, v. Greek: δουλεία, douleia ), Latin servitus , is the theological term for the worship of saints in the church. The Dulia is fundamentally to be distinguished from the - only God belonging - Latrie , the adoration. Within the Dulia there is still (more or less a higher level, but in no way comparable to the Latria) the so-called Hyperdulia ("high veneration"), which belongs exclusively to the Virgin Mary . Some theologians led for their bridegroom, St. Joseph , an intermediate stage, called Protodulia ("first worship"), but this distinction has by no means been adopted into the terminology as generally as the Hyperdulia.

Individual evidence

^ Pace, E. (1909). Dulia. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 from New Advent
↑ Cabrol, F. (1912). Christian Worship. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 from New Advent

[1] Pace, E. (1909). Dulia. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 from New Advent

[2] Cabrol, F. (1912). Christian Worship. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved on September 7, 2012 from New Advent