Question — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · from Schola Thomistica
Question II: On dulia
DULIA is defined by St. Bonaventure 3. part. Centil. sect. 44. It is the servitude, or cult, owed to a rational creature ruling over one. So also St. Thomas art. 3. from St. Augustine lib. 10. de Civitate, cap. 1. ¶ Of this I shall treat more fully in part 3, Tract. 1. d. 17.
De Dulia.
DULIA definitur a D. Bonavent. 3. part. Centil. sect. 44. Est servitus, vel cultus creaturae debitus rationali dominanti. Ita etiam D. Thom. art. 3. ex D. Augustino lib. 10. de Civitate, cap. 1. ¶ De hoc latius agam 3. part. Tract. 1. d. 17.
DULIA in Greek is called servitude, and differs from Latria, which is the servitude owed to God, as the Seraphic Doctor teaches loc. cit. and in the opusc. declaratio terminorum Theol. and in 6 other places cited in sect. 1. question 1. Hence Hyperdulia signifies the servitude owed to the preeminent creature, having a special affinity with God, as St. Bonaventure teaches in the places cited.
DULIA graece servitus dicitur, et differt a Latria, quae est servitus Deo debita, ut docet S. Doctor loc. cit. et in opusc. declaratio terminorum Theol. et 6 aliis locis adductis sect. 1. quaest. 1. Hinc Hyperdulia significat servitutem debitam praecellenti creaturae, habenti specialem cum Deo affinitatem, ut docet D. Bonavent. locis adductis.