- Of Dulia
Of Dulia
PARTS OF OBSERVANCE AND ORDINARY VICE (Questions [103]-109) OF DULIA (FOUR ARTICLES)
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Whether honor denotes something corporal?
Whether honor is properly due to those who are above us?
Whether dulia is a special virtue distinct from latria? Objection 1. It seems that dulia is not a special virtue distinct from latria. For a gloss on Ps. 7:1, "O Lord my God, in Thee have I put my trust," says: "Lord of all by His power, to Whom dulia is due; God by creation, to Whom we owe latria." Now the virtue directed to God as Lord is not distinct from that which is directed to Him as God. Therefore dulia is not a distinct virtue from latria.
Whether dulia has various species?