hyperdulia — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. A level of veneration higher than dulia but less than latria, properly given to the Virgin Mary only.

   Uso

   • no contable
   • usually

   Sinónimos

   hyperveneration

   Palabras relacionadas

   dulia

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   By the thirteenth century, the growth of devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, in both East and West led John of Damascus's admirer Thomas Aquinas to formalize a further refinement: the concept of an exceptional sort of veneration, hyperdulia, offered only to the greatest of God's creations, Mary, the mother of Jesus.