Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The worship offered by Roman Catholics to the Virgin Mary: so called because it is higher than that given to other saints, which is known as dulia, while the worship due to God alone is called
latria . Seedulia . Alsohyper-duly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.
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- noun Roman Catholicism A level of
veneration higher thandulia but less thanlatria , properly given to the Virgin Mary.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mother of God, which in the language of theology is called hyperdulia, to distinguish the honour rendered to her from that given to the other saints.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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a sublimer manner than any other creature the goodness of God, deserves from us a higher recognition and deeper veneration than any other of the saints; and this peculiar cultus due to her because of her unique position in the Divine economy, is designated in theology hyperdulia, that is dulia in an eminent degree.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The word "hyperdulia," now used to signify the worship proper to the
Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary James Endell Tyler 1820
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She is worthy of "hyperdulia," the highest human respect.
Latest Articles cerc 2010
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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.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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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.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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For this reason we say that not any kind of _dulia_ is due to her, but _hyperdulia.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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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.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Now hyperdulia is apparently a mean between latria and dulia: for it is shown towards creatures having a special affinity to God, for instance to the Blessed Virgin as being the mother of God.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Therefore it seems that there are different species of dulia, one being simply dulia, the other hyperdulia.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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