That the religious worship called dulia, as well as latria, belongeth to God alone (Rom.i. 9; xii. 11; xvi. 18 compared.) 13. ❋ D. 1631 (1842)
The present seems to be a convenient place for observing, that however the distinction is strongly insisted upon, or rather implicitly acquiesced in by many, which would admit of a worship or service called dulia (the Greek [Greek: douleia]) to saints and angels, and would limit the worship or service called latria ([Greek: latreia]) to the supreme ❋ James Endell Tyler (1820)
I will only detain you by one more example, drawn from two passages, which seems the more striking because each of the two words "dulia" and ❋ James Endell Tyler (1820)
Although Albrecht tries to re-characterize Dr. White's position, Dr. White's position remains that attempting to justify "dulia" as opposed "latria" of the saints (two forms of proskuneo of the saints) is without Biblical warrant. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Dei x), that "the homage due to man, of which the Apostle spoke when he commanded servants to obey their masters and which in Greek is called dulia, is distinct from latria which denotes the homage that consists in the worship of ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
Dei, X, ii, 1) distinguishes two kinds of servitus: "one which is due to men ... which in Greek is called dulia; the other, latria, which is the service pertaining to the worship of God". ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Vulg: servire.] [Footnote 16: It is also remarkable that in all these cases, whether the Septuagint employs the word "dulia," or "latria," the word in the Hebrew is precisely the same, [Hebrew: avad]. ❋ James Endell Tyler (1820)
The Mises Institute's tribute to Rothbard on the tenth anniversary of his death savors of a cultic dulia: ❋ Unknown (2007)
And they childishly trifle who make a pretext for their idolatry, in the words dulia and latria, [455] since the Scripture, in general terms, forbids adoration to be transferred to men. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)
The request called upon Leo to enlighten his people by solemn definition concerning the pious belief that the Beatus Leibowitz was indeed a saint, worthy of the dulia of the Church as well as the veneration of the faithful. ❋ Miller, Walter M. (1959)
But they partly annihilate their own excuse which rests on this distinction, when they say that the same honour and worship (whether it be that of latria, of dulia, or of hyperdulia,) must be given to an image as to its archetype. ❋ 1560-1609 (1956)
God, it should be adored with the adoration of _dulia_; not any kind of _dulia, _ such as is given to other creatures, but with a certain higher adoration, which is called _hyperdulia. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
"Lord of all by power, to Whom _dulia_ is due: God of all by creation, to Whom _latria_ is due." ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
Therefore the religion whereby we honor God is not a special virtue distinct from observance, or _dulia, _ or piety whereby we honor our neighbor. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
Reply Obj. 1: Reverence is due to God on account of His excellence, which is communicated to certain creatures not in equal measure, but according to a measure of proportion; and so the reverence which we pay to God, and which belongs to latria, differs from the reverence which we pay to certain excellent creatures; this belongs to dulia, and we shall speak of it further on (Q. 103). ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
Objection 1: It seems that dulia has various species. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
In speaking of worship, theologians generally distinguish three kinds, namely: latria, or that supreme worship due to God alone, which cannot be transferred to any creature without committing the sin of idolatry; dulia, or that secondary veneration we give to saints and angels as the special friends of God; hyperdulia, or that higher veneration which we give to the Blessed Virgin as the most exalted of all God's creatures. ❋ Thomas L. Kinkead (N/A)
Since, therefore, the Blessed Virgin is a mere rational creature, the worship of _latria_ is not due to her, but only that of _dulia_: but in a higher degree than to other creatures, inasmuch as she is the ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
And so in this sense the adoration of Christ's humanity is the adoration not of _latria_ but of _dulia. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
Father Himself on account of His Godhead; and the honor of _dulia_ on account of the dominion by which He rules over creatures. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)
[omg stop] being a dulia! ❋ Awesomeest (2008)
Did you hear about [Mary]? She just [had a baby] and [pulled] a Dulia ❋ JeffersonDavisHanson (2020)
[Julia] and [Derek] are such a [cute couple] #Dulia ❋ Dylan Keinen (2022)
