latria
(latria)
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literally, "servitude, service"; the worshipful obedience owed only to God. latria is the Latinized form of the Greek latreia. |
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literally, "servitude, service"; the worshipful obedience owed only to God; to be distinguished from dulia, the respect shown to saints, and hyperdulia, the reverence paid to the Blessed Virgin. latria is the Latinized form of the Greek latreia. |
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The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger |
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