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Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church<\/i> (2nd ed., edited by F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone, Oxford Univ. Press, 1983, p. 430, \u201cDulia\u201d \u2013 italics added, here and below):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n(Latinized form of Greek douleia<\/i>, \u2018service\u2019). The reverence which, according to Orthodox and RC theology, may be paid to the saints, as contrasted with hyperdulia<\/i>, which may be paid only to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and latria<\/i> (Gk., latreia<\/i>), which is reserved for God alone. In classical as contrasted with ecclesiastical usage douleia<\/i> is a stronger term than latreia.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThis is consistent with the Catholic understanding. This dictionary goes on to define latria<\/i> as follows (p. 803):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAs contrasted with dulia<\/i>, that fullness of Divine worship which may be paid to God alone.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe standard non-Catholic lexical reference Theological Dictionary of the New Testament<\/i> (eds. Gerard Kittel & Gerhard Friedrich; abridged edition by Geoffrey Bromiley, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1985) concurs:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nThe Word Group among the Greeks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>[doulos<\/i> and cognates] . . . the group has no religious significance for the Greeks . . . The worshipper is philos<\/i> rather than doulos<\/i>, so that it makes no sense to describe service of the gods, or life under the eyes of the gods, as douleia<\/i>. (p. 183)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nLikewise, for latreia<\/i>:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\nIn Nonbiblical Greek<\/span><\/span>. . . has such connotations as \u2018service for reward,\u2019 \u2018labor,\u2019 \u2018bodily care,\u2019 and \u2018service to the gods.\u2019 (p. 503)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDouleia<\/i> can also be located in Vine\u2019s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/i>, in volume 1, p. 139, under \u201cBondage,\u201d and latreia<\/i> in volume 3, p. 349, under \u201cService, Serving.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\nDouleia<\/i> is Strong\u2019s word #1397. It appears five times in the New Testament, and is translated \u201cbondage\u201d in the KJV (Rom 8:15,21; Gal 4:24, 5:1; Heb 2:15: none referring to God). It is related to the following cognates:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n#1398 douleuo<\/i> \u201cto be a slave\u201d 25 times in NT<\/span><\/span>
\n#1399 doule<\/i> \u201chandmaiden\u201d \/ \u201cfemale slave\u201d 3 times, including Mary\u2019s description of herself: Lk 1:38,48<\/span><\/span>
\n#1400 \/ 1401 doulon<\/i> \/ doulos<\/i> \u201cservant\u201d \/ \u201cslave\u201d 127 times<\/span><\/span>
\n#1402 douloo<\/i>: \u201cmake a servant\u201d 8 times<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nLatreia<\/i> is Strong\u2019s word #2999. It appears 5 times in the New Testament, and is translated \u201cservice\u201d or \u201cdivine service\u201d in the KJV \u2014 in reference to God (Jn 16:2; Rom 9:4, 12:1; Heb 9:1,6). It is related to cognate latreuo<\/i>, Strong\u2019s word #3000, usually rendered \u201cserve\u201d or \u201cservice.\u201d It appears 21 times in the New Testament.<\/span><\/span>
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\nSo, as usual, so-called exclusively \u201cCatholic\u201d words are found to have a completely biblical basis, and to follow the distinction even present in the pre-biblical Greek etymology, since the Latin dulia<\/i> and latria<\/i> are directly derived from the Greek.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n*****<\/p>\n
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