The reply of our Lord to the tempter seems purposely framed so as to include both latria and dulia. |
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The last three examples of each of the following lists show how such a focus can be maintained even without the specific terms dulia and latria. |
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In the twelfth century the distinction between latria and dulia finally became common knowledge. |
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As precise definitions of words do not translate well from one language to another, words connoting latria and dulia vary from one language to another. |
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Wherefore dulia, which pays due service to a human lord, is a distinct virtue from latria, which pays due service to the lordship of God. |
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The distinction of what is called dulia and latria was invented for the very purpose of permitting divine honours to be paid to angels and dead men with apparent impunity. |
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This kind of veneration is, however, infinitely below the adoration due to God alone, termed latria. |
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