United States Constitution: Worship

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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:

   * prayer;
   * sacrifice;
   * rituals;
   * meditation;
   * holidays, festivals;
   * pilgrimages;
   * hymns or psalms;
   * the construction of temples or shrines;
   * the creation of idols of the deity.

Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy distinguish between worship (Latin
adoratio, Greek latria [λατρεια])
which is due to God alone, 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.

In a figurative sense, worship of monarchs, lords, or lovers has a long
history.

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