What is the difference between Hyperdulia and Dulia?

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Hey everyone. I know that Hyperdulia is basically veneration of the Virgin Mary and that Dulia is veneration of the other saints but is there any other difference between the two?
 
Basically, dulia is veneration, and hyperdulia is ‘super-veneration’. The Church considers the special nature of the Virgin - most blessed amongst women, mother of the Lord, and so on, makes her a worthy receipient of this, and seeks to reflect the heavenly court where Mary is Queen of Heaven alongside her Son, who is King ( for more on this see Solomon & Bethsheba, and the wedding feast of Cana).

However, Mary does not receive latria, the term used to express the adoration due to God alone.
 
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Basically, dulia is veneration, and hyperdulia is ‘super-veneration’. The Church considers the special nature of the Virgin - most blessed amongst women, mother of the Lord, and so on, makes her a worthy receipient of this, and seeks to reflect the heavenly court where Mary is Queen of Heaven alongside her Son, who is King ( for more on this see Solomon & Bethsheba, and the wedding feast of Cana).

However, Mary does not receive latria, the term used to express the adoration due to God alone.
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Ah okay. Thanks for the good answer Philial! 👍
 
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