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Definition of Latria

Latria
Latria La*tri"a, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to serve, fr. ? servant.] The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.

Meaning of Latria from wikipedia

- Latria or latreia (also known as latreutical worship) is a theological term (Latin Latrīa, from the Gr**** λατρεία, latreia) used in Catholic theology...
- to becoming a saint. Christian theologians have long adopted the terms latria for the type of worship due to God alone, and dulia and proskynesis for...
- general and hyperdulia (below latria, above dulia) for the Virgin Mary. The definition of the three level hierarchy of latria, hyperdulia and dulia goes...
- make a technical distinction between two different concepts: adoration or latria (Latin adoratio, Gr**** latreia, [λατρεία]), which is due to God alone veneration...
- world called the Library and an outside area for the Nexus. The Tower of Latria and Valley of Defilement were built around the respective themes of man-made...
- from the word "state" and a suffix derived from the Latin and Gr**** word latria, meaning "worship". It first appeared in Giovanni Gentile's Doctrine of...
- Catholicism and the Eastern Orthodox Church make a major distinction between latria, the worship that is offered to God alone, and dulia, which is veneration...
- Orthodox Church has differentiated between latria and dulia. A latria is the worship due God, and latria to anyone or anything other than God is doctrinally...
- veneration, latria for the worship of God, and dulia for the veneration of other saints and angels. The definition of the three level hierarchy of latria, hyperdulia...
- icons). In contrast to moderate or respectful adoration, various forms of latria of icons (iconolatry) were also starting to appear,[when?] mainly in po****r...