Agreed, Jon. Catholics make a distinction between veneration of angels & saints (technically, 'dulia', as theologians call it) and 'latria', that worship which is due to God alone.
I believe it's similar for the Orthodox. This distinction between dulia and latria didn't survive into much of extant Protestantism which leads them to think t…
Agreed, Jon. Catholics make a distinction between veneration of angels & saints (technically, 'dulia', as theologians call it) and 'latria', that worship which is due to God alone.
I believe it's similar for the Orthodox. This distinction between dulia and latria didn't survive into much of extant Protestantism which leads them to think that some Catholic/Orthodox practices are idolatry adjacent ("They worship Mary!" No we don't).
As revealed in a separate thread of this post, you and I have different definitions of 'nature' and correspondingly, 'supernature'.
Agreed, Jon. Catholics make a distinction between veneration of angels & saints (technically, 'dulia', as theologians call it) and 'latria', that worship which is due to God alone.
I believe it's similar for the Orthodox. This distinction between dulia and latria didn't survive into much of extant Protestantism which leads them to think that some Catholic/Orthodox practices are idolatry adjacent ("They worship Mary!" No we don't).
As revealed in a separate thread of this post, you and I have different definitions of 'nature' and correspondingly, 'supernature'.