Dulia

Dulia (also called " dulie ", from Greek: δουλεία, douleia ), Latin servitus, is in the theology of the name for the veneration of saints of the Church. The Dulia is fundamentally different from the - can assume only God - Latrie to distinguish the worship. Within the Dulia there are ( almost as a higher level, but in no way comparable with the Latria ) the so-called hyperdulia ( " high veneration " ), which belongs exclusively to the Virgin Mary. Some theologians led for the groom, the hl. Joseph, an intermediate stage, Protodulia ( " Erstverehrung " ), is established, but this distinction is by no means been so generally adopted in the terminology as the hyperdulia.