Hyperdulia

Latria, dulia, and hyperdulia

Christian theologians have long adopted the terms latria for the type of worship due to God alone, and dulia and proskynesis for the veneration given to angels, saints, relics and icons.^[b]

Catholic and Eastern Orthodox theologies also include the term hyperdulia for the types of veneration specifically paid to Mary.^[11][15]

The Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas specifies that hyperdulia is the same type of veneration as dulia, only given in a greater degree; both remain distinct from latria.^[17]