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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as latreutical.

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  • When, in fact, the trend of Mass "facing the people" came to be perceived as normative, a loss of awareness of the latreutic character of the Mass ensued.

    The Work of God elena maria vidal 2009

  • When, in fact, the trend of Mass "facing the people" came to be perceived as normative, a loss of awareness of the latreutic character of the Mass ensued.

    Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • In both moments the latreutic character of the sacrifice stands out clearly, since to God alone, as the First Cause (Causa prima) and the Last End

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Even sacrifices of thanksgiving and petition never exclude this essential latreutic feature, since they concern thanksgivings and petitions to the ever-adorable Divinity.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Pope Paul VI, in this regard, recalled that "not only has the Catholic Church always taught, but also lived the faith in the presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist, always adoring with latreutic worship, which is only due to God, so great a Sacrament" (Mysterium Fidei, no. 56; cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, no.

    Pope Benedict on Eucharistic Adoration 2009

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