Roman Catholic cultus
In Roman Catholicism, cultus is the technical term for devotions or veneration extended to a particular saint, not to the worship of God. Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy make a major distinction between latria, which is the worship that is offered to God alone, and dulia, which is the veneration offered to the saints, including the Mary, the mother of Jesus, whose veneration is often referred to as hyperdulia.
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