Question 84 — Adoration

In due sequence we must consider the external acts of latria, and in the first place, adoration whereby one uses one’s body to reverence God; second, those acts whereby some external thing is offered to God; third, those acts whereby something belonging to God is assumed.

Under the first head there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether adoration is an act of latria?

• (2) Whether adoration denotes an internal or an external act?
• (3) Whether adoration requires a definite place?