Latria

The Latrie (from gr λατρεια, latreía; adjective latreutisch ) referred to in the theology of the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox churches worship, a form of worship that is the triune God reserved.

The Greek term originally meant, servitude ',' servitude ' and was then transferred to the ritual worship. In Acts, he still serves as a name for the worship of idols. Even the Church Fathers Jerome and Augustine's use it exclusively for the worship of God.

The doctor of the Church Thomas Aquinas distinguishes in his Summa Theologica the latria of the dulia, the worship that will be given to the saints. Furthermore distinguishes the Catholic theology of the latria nor the hyperdulia, the reverence that is shown for the Virgin Mary.

In the Catholic Church the Latria is also the Blessed Sacrament because it is the body of Christ according to the teaching of the Church, and finds its expression in Eucharistic adoration. In the 16th century the Council of Trent determined that " all Christians in this most holy sacrament to prove to the cult of the worship of the true God is owed, in accordance with the worship in the Catholic Church has always tended Need ".

The Orthodox churches distinguish between the Latria and the proskynesis, the worship that is met with his servants and symbols, including venerable people such as the clergy and the icons.