latria (latria)

(Language: Latin)

Short Description: literally, “servitude, service”; the worshipful obedience owed only to God. latria is the Latinized form of the Greek latreia

Long Description: literally, “servitude, service”; the worshipful obedience owed only to God; to be distinguished from dulia, the respect shown to saints, and hyperdulia, the reverence paid to the Blessed Virgin. latria is the Latinized form of the Greek latreia.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger