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monolatry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | worship |
Examples of monolatry
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Mark S. Smith refers to this stage as a form of monolatry.
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Monolatry is a type of polytheism in which deities are believed to exert power only on those who worship them.
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Henotheism is closely related to the theistic concept of monolatry, which is also the worship of one god among many.
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The commandment technically enjoins monolatry, but it can be understood within a henotheistic religious system.
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Were there to be any aspect of worship toward these angelic or saintly figures, then the matter would reflect polytheism, rather than henotheism, monolatry, or monotheism.
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- The worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god
- Monolatrism or monolatry (Greek: u03BCu03CCu03BDu03BFu03C2 (monos) = single, and u03BBu03B1u03C4u03C1u03B5u03AFu03B1 (latreia) = worship) is recognition of the existence of many gods but with the consistent worship of only one deity. The term was perhaps first used by Julius Wellhausen.
- Belief that multiple deities exist, although only one is to be worshiped.
- The belief that there is more than one God, but only one is served and worshiped. Mormonism is an excellent example of monolatry. Mormonism teaches the existence of many Gods of many worlds, yet worships only the one of this planet. ...
