Concept
Monolatry
Overview
Monolatry (Ancient Greek: μόνος, romanized: monos, lit. 'single', and λατρεία, latreia, 'worship') is the belief in the existence of many gods, but the insistence on the exclusive worship of only a single chosen deity. The term was possibly first used by Julius Wellhausen.
Monolatry is distinguished from monotheism, which asserts the existence of only one god, and henotheism, which accepts both the existence of other gods and the validity of their worship.
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From this usage it has also come to pass that God Himself is called pious,[369] in which sense the Greeks never use εὐσεβεῖν, though εὐσέβεια is applied to works of charity by their common people also.
of Hippo Augustine, The City of God, Volume I
States what Monolatry is.
Also to worship God, not as inanimating, or present in the place, or Image; but to the end to be put in mind of him, or of some works of his, in case the Place, or Image be dedicated, or set up by private authority, and not by the authority of them that are our Soveraign Pastors, is Idolatry. For the Commandement is, "Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any graven image." God commanded Moses to set up the Brazen…
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Close in meaning to Monolatry; the term itself is not named.
There are many who claim as theirs the dignity of the Christian religion; but that form of faith is valid and only valid which, both on account of the universal character of the rules and doctrines affirming its authority, and because the worship in which they are expressed has spread throughout the world, is called catholic or universal. The belief of this religion concerning the Unity of the Trinity is as follows…
Boethius, The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy
States what Monolatry is.
Philosophers who discussed Monolatry
Related ideas
- Jesus
- Henotheism
- Judaism
- Angel
- Maimonides
- Moses
- Mormonism
- Ancient Near East
- Ten Commandments
- Rashi
- Torah
- Hebrew Bible
- Yahweh
- Salvation in Christianity
- Deity
- Ensign (LDS magazine)
- Thebes, Egypt
- Akhenaten
- Book of Exodus
- Atenism
- Julius Wellhausen
- Book of Hosea
- Amarna
- Book of Nahum
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Henotheism.