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discusses the tradition of Catholic dulia in Augustine and Aquinas, mentioning that the New Testament's use of ??????? (pronounced dulia) is always used negatively. He states:

"douleia occurs only in the sense of 'slavery, servility', and always in a negative sense - the slavery to physical corruption (Rom. 8.21), slavery to the law (Gal. 5.1), slavery to the fear of death (Heb. 2.15)."

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