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Worship
To worship is to formally praise, honour, and
declare one's devotion to a
supernatural being, typically a
god or
goddess. Typical acts of worship include:
Catholicism and
Eastern Orthodoxy distinguish between worship (Latin
adoratio, Greek latreia, [λατρεια]) which is
due to God alone (see
latria),
and
veneration (Latin veneratio, Greek dulia
[δουλεια]), which may be lawfully offered to the
saints.
The external acts of veneration resemble those of worship, but differ
in their object and intent. Protestant Christians question whether
such a distinction is always maintained in actual devotional
practice, especially at the level of
folk religion. Judaism and
Islam
hold that for all practical purposes veneration should be considered
the same as prayer; Judaism, Islam, and
Protestantism forbid veneration of saints or
angels,
classifying these actions as akin to
idolatry.
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