Theological Theses · §1432 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Roman image-cult is rightly called adoratio; praxis is prostration, kneeling, uncovering, kiss, candles, incense

School and Councils name the image-cult adoratio without embarrassment.

The living praxis is bodily: prostration, genuflection, bare head, kiss, candles, and incense.

Latin

II. Manifestum quoque fecimus cultum quem Ecclesia Romana imaginibus defert, juxta communem scholae ipsius usum, imo & conciliorum quibus se subjicit definitiones, adorationis voce recte exprimi; adeoque cultum illum, ex conciliorum eorundem doctrina, & Romanae Ecclesiae praxi, imaginibus rite & pie exhiberi, coram iis procumbendo, genua flectendo, & caput aperiendo, itemque eas osculando, & offerendo cereos & incensum.

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