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Please read the following from one of many Catholic websites which talks about Mary and make notice what I’ve pointed out in quotes:

Adoration, or latria, is the worship reserved to God, who is praised and adored as the Supreme Being, infinitely perfect in every way. Veneration, or dulia, is the honor given to another person, who deserves such honor for his or her excellence in one area or another.

“Hyperdulia, which is a level of “veneration” given to one whose excellence exceeds that of all others, is given to Mary.”

We worship God fully aware that He is the Supreme Being and infinitely perfect, and this is latria. We honor the saints aware that they were virtuous Christians and enjoy glory in heaven, and this is dulia.

“We honor Mary aware that she is inferior to God, but God’s holiest creature” and this is hyperdulia.”


29 posted on 08/15/2013 11:42:05 PM PDT by kelly4c (http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2900389%2C41#help)
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To: kelly4c
“We honor Mary aware that she is inferior to God, but God’s holiest creature”

SURE she is...

65 posted on 08/16/2013 9:35:10 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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