"We Catholics call this the "sense of the faithful". The Church, in their definitions of infallibility, has said that the sense of the faithful has an infallibility in it (some requirements go along with this, of course). Thus, when the faithful, in their worship, in their devotion, in their prayers, "always, everywhere, and everyone" consider Mary such and such, or can ask that she pray for them, the Church weighs this matter to be the will of the Holy Spirit."
That's a very nearly completely Orthodox position. I learn something new everyday. Thank-you, jo kus!
"That's a very nearly completely Orthodox position" (regarding sense of the faithful).
One of many things that we share from before the Great Schism. It is quite amazing on the depth that we share in common, and even in some other things, like the Holy Spirit, the East and West focus on different aspects of the same Truth. God at work within His Church...
Brother in Christ