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'''Worship''' in its broadest meaning is to ascribe honor, worth, excellence or authority to someone, whether a [[hero]], [[Philosopher|sage]], a [[magistrate]], a [[ruler]], or [[God]], as being worthy of honor, respect, or dignity, even veneration. In the [[Latin]] language the varying degrees of intensity of worshipful respect are expressed as the terms ''dulia, hyperdulia, and latria'', this last, ''latria'', being the unconditional ''adoration'' due to God alone. [[Saint Paul]] in his [[Epistle to the Romans]] expressed it this way:{{cquote|Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those that resist will incur judgment.... Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. <br>—Romans 13:1-2, 7 (RSVCE)}}[[Saint Peter]] wrote:{{cquote|Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. <br>—1 Peter 2:13-17 (RSVCE).}} God commanded, "Honor your father and your mother" <ref>Exodus 20:12</ref>. Paul also wrote, "Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ...let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right" <ref>Ephesians 5:21-22, 33–6:1</ref>. In human society, this is the proper worship of honor and respect according to human dignity (''dulia''), for God made man, male and female, in the image of God <ref>Genesis 1:26-27</ref>.

'''Worship''' in its broadest meaning is to ascribe honor, worth, excellence or authority to someone, whether a [[hero]], [[Philosopher|sage]], a [[magistrate]], a [[ruler]], or [[God]], as being worthy of honor, respect, or dignity, even veneration. In the [[Latin]] language the varying degrees of intensity of worshipful respect are expressed as the terms ''dulia, hyperdulia, and latria'', this last, ''latria'', being the unconditional ''adoration'' due to God alone. [[Saint Paul]] in his [[Epistle to the Romans]] expressed it this way:{{cquote|Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those that resist will incur judgment.... Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. <br>—Romans 13:1-2, 7 (RSVCE)}}[[Saint Peter]] wrote:{{cquote|Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing right you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. <br>—1 Peter 2:13-17 (RSVCE).}} God commanded, "Honor your father and your mother" <ref>Exodus 20:12</ref>. Paul also wrote, {{cquote|Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ...let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth”. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as to Christ; not in the way of eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that whatever good any one does he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Masters, do the same to them, and forbear threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.<ref>Ephesians 5:21-22, 5:33–6:9</ref>.}}In human society, this is the proper worship of honor and respect according to human dignity (''dulia''), for God made man, male and female, in the image of God <ref>Genesis 1:26-27</ref>.

 

==Worship in religion==

==Worship in religion==

The same goes for a quote from an old (obscure) official Catholic prayerbook entitled  '''''All for Jesus!''''':  

The same goes for a quote from an old (obscure) official Catholic prayerbook entitled  '''''All for Jesus!''''':  

:"[[Holy|Holiest]] [[Virginity|Virgin]], with all my heart I '''worship thee''' above all the angels and saints in paradise... I consecrate my soul and all its powers...I '''worship thee''' the spouse of the Holy Ghost..." (''boldface emphasis added'') <ref>'''Devotions to Our Blessed Lady, All for Jesus:''' Approved Devotions and Prayers for Church and Home, p 283. Imprimatur: John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of NY, Mar 13, 1884.</ref>

:"[[Holy|Holiest]] [[Virginity|Virgin]], with all my heart I '''worship thee''' above all the angels and saints in paradise... I consecrate my soul and all its powers...I '''worship thee''' the spouse of the Holy Ghost..." (''boldface emphasis added'') <ref>'''Devotions to Our Blessed Lady, All for Jesus:''' Approved Devotions and Prayers for Church and Home, p 283. Imprimatur: John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of NY, Mar 13, 1884.</ref>

This quote does not [[Proof|prove]] that Catholics offer Mary the divine worship of ''latreia''. Note that the prayer says "I worship (honor) thee above all the angels and saints in paradise" (''hyperdulia''), not "I worship thee above God" or "equal to God", or "as my God" (''latria'').  Catholics and Orthodox believe it is entirely appropriate that [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary, the mother of Jesus Our Lord and God]], should receive a higher honor (''hyperdulia'') than any other mere creature, such as angels and saints, as God Himself honored her by his messenger [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] as "blessed among all women", but never equal to or greater than the supreme honor of unbounded adoration given to the Creator of all (''latria''), to Jesus who is not a creature but God. As the Catholic Answers tract "Saint Worship?" explains''':'''  Catholics understand according to the doctrine they have been taught that all the honor given to Mary (''hyperdulia'') and the saints (''dulia'') redounds to the greater honor and praise (''latria'') of their Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ! "And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified." <ref>Romans 8:30 (RSVCE)</ref> Those who have actually read in full the more complete explanation of this Roman Catholic doctrine in the book by St. Alphonsus Ligouri, ''The Glories of Mary'', 1852 (available in a variety of formats online), have been surprised at how much it has been [[Quoting out of context|quoted out of context]], [[Calumny|maligned]] and [[Misrepresentation|misrepresented]].<ref>See for example, [https://forums.catholic.com/t/glories-of-mary/9567/5 Catholic Answers Forum - Glories of Mary (catholic.com)]</ref>{{cquote|To say all in a few words''':''' Almighty God, in order to glorify the mother of the Redeemer, has ordained that her great charity should intercede for all those for whom her divine Son offered and paid the superabundant ransom of his precious blood, in which alone is our ''salvation, life'' and ''resurrection''. (''italic emphases by the author'')<br>—''from'' To the Reader, ''The Glories of Mary''.<ref>[http://www.themostholyrosary.com/the-glories-of-mary.pdf The Glories of Mary, Translated from the Italian of St. Alphonsus Ligouri, Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer, 1882, copyright 1888 by P. J. Kennedy & Sons, 44 Barclay Street, New York. pdf—full text]<br>See also [https://books.google.com/books?id=tWcXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=glories+of+mary&hl=en&ei=LWM7TM2zNsyMnQe_rKHlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books link to ''The Glories of Mary'' providing immediate access to any part of the work from the table of contents page. (books.google.com)]</ref>}}

This quote does not [[Proof|prove]] that Catholics offer Mary the divine worship of ''latreia''. Note that the prayer says "I worship (honor) thee above all the angels and saints in paradise" (''hyperdulia''), not "I worship thee above God" or "equal to God", or "as my God" (''latria'').  Catholics and Orthodox believe it is entirely appropriate that [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary, the mother of Jesus Our Lord and God]], should receive a higher honor (''hyperdulia'') than any other mere creature, such as angels and saints, as God Himself honored her by his messenger [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] as "blessed among all women", but never equal to or greater than the supreme honor of unbounded adoration given to the Creator of all (''latria''), to Jesus who is not a creature but God. As the Catholic Answers tract "Saint Worship?" explains''':'''  Catholics understand according to the doctrine they have been taught that all the honor given to Mary (''hyperdulia'') and the saints (''dulia'') redounds to the greater honor and praise (''latria'') of their Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ! "And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified." <ref>Romans 8:30 (RSVCE)</ref> Those who have actually read in full the more complete explanation of this Roman Catholic doctrine in the book by St. Alphonsus Ligouri, ''The Glories of Mary'', 1852 (available in a variety of formats online), have been surprised at how much it has been [[Quoting out of context|quoted out of context]], [[Calumny|maligned]] and [[Misrepresentation|misrepresented]].<ref>See for example, [https://forums.catholic.com/t/glories-of-mary/9567/5 Catholic Answers Forum - Glories of Mary (catholic.com)]</ref>{{cquote|To say all in a few words''':''' Almighty God, in order to glorify the mother of the Redeemer, has ordained that her great charity should intercede for all those for whom her divine Son offered and paid the superabundant ransom of his precious blood, in which '''alone''' is our ''salvation, life'' and ''resurrection''. (''italic emphases by the author; boldface emphasis added'')<br>—''from'' To the Reader, ''The Glories of Mary''.<ref>[http://www.themostholyrosary.com/the-glories-of-mary.pdf The Glories of Mary, Translated from the Italian of St. Alphonsus Ligouri, Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer, 1882, copyright 1888 by P. J. Kennedy & Sons, 44 Barclay Street, New York. pdf—full text]<br>See also [https://books.google.com/books?id=tWcXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=glories+of+mary&hl=en&ei=LWM7TM2zNsyMnQe_rKHlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books link to ''The Glories of Mary'' providing immediate access to any part of the work from the table of contents page. (books.google.com)]</ref>}}

==''Sola scriptura'': Bibliolatry, Bible worship==

==''Sola scriptura'': Bibliolatry, Bible worship==

===People who have been considered deities===

===People who have been considered deities===

[[Wikipedia]] has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_been_considered_deities list of people who have been considered deities.] To the surprise of many, this list does not include the [[Pope]]s.

[[Wikipedia]] has a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_been_considered_deities list of people who have been considered deities.] This list does not include the [[Pope]]s.

===Does the [[Pope]] claim to be God on Earth?===

===Does the [[Pope]] claim to be God on Earth?===

In the Bible, God Himself honors ''dulia'' those who honor Him ''latria''<ref>1 Samuel 2:6-10; 1 Peter 5:6</ref> and exalts the humble. The L<small>ORD</small> says through his prophet Samuel, "Those who honor me [''latria''] I will honor [''dulia'']."<ref>[http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/2-30.htm 1 Samuel 2:30e]</ref> Jesus says, "if any one serves me [''latria''], the Father will honor him (her) [''dulia'']." <ref>[https://biblehub.com/john/12-26.htm John 12:26]</ref> For this reason, Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe that to honor those whom God has honored pleases and honors Him as part of His worship and glory, and to dishonor them sorrows, offends and dishonors Him as a form of [[blasphemy]] and [[sacrilege]].

In the Bible, God Himself honors ''dulia'' those who honor Him ''latria''<ref>1 Samuel 2:6-10; 1 Peter 5:6</ref> and exalts the humble. The L<small>ORD</small> says through his prophet Samuel, "Those who honor me [''latria''] I will honor [''dulia'']."<ref>[http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/2-30.htm 1 Samuel 2:30e]</ref> Jesus says, "if any one serves me [''latria''], the Father will honor him (her) [''dulia'']." <ref>[https://biblehub.com/john/12-26.htm John 12:26]</ref> For this reason, Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe that to honor those whom God has honored pleases and honors Him as part of His worship and glory, and to dishonor them sorrows, offends and dishonors Him as a form of [[blasphemy]] and [[sacrilege]].

==See also==

==See also==