Theological Theses · §1560

Latria and dulia, with hyperdulia for Mary, though Scripture does not keep the distinction exactly

The Schools coined Latria for worship of God and Dulia for honor of holy angels and people.

Dulia is then split: Hyperdulia for the Blessed Virgin, and Dulia in the strict sense for the other Saints.

They admit Scripture itself does not keep that Latria–Dulia split with exactness.

Latin

III. Ut vero cultus ille facilius posset a divino distingui, Scholas utrumque cultum proprio quodam nomine signavisse: & divino cultui quidem Latriae vocem, illi vero qui Sanctis Angelis & hominibus debetur, Dulia nomen appropriavisse. Quae Dulia rursus distinguitur in Hyperduliam, quae Beatae Virgini, & Duliam proprie sic dictam, quae Sanctis reliquis competit: quamvis agnoscant in Scripturae usu discrimen istud inter Latriam & Duliam exacte non servari.

About this text

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.

English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).

Catalogue & scope

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).

Witnesses

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