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Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Eastern Orthodox Christians especially adore with ''latria'' during their religious service, the Mass or Divine Liturgy. Other religious groups, such as Protestants and Muslims , do not have a Eucharist ic sacrifice; Catholics consider that they literally participate in the sacrifice at the foot of Calvary , that what Christ offered once "participates in the divine eternity" ( CCC ยง 1085 ), and thus have a very active sense of the worship of ''latria''. Protestants and others fault Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox Christians for revering Mary or the saints, declaring their distinction among ''latria'', ''hyperdulia'', and ''dulia'' to be hair-splitting, and furthermore reject Augustine, Jerome, Thomas de Aquina, and others as authorities. Protestantism considers the Catholic conception of the central religious service to be an error, arguing that the sacrifice of the Cross was unique (which Catholics also believe), and need not and should not be repeated, Heb 6:6, 9:25-28 . Catholics counter this with verses such as Malachi 1:10-11 and by stating that they do not 'repeat' the Sacrifice of the Cross but they re-present it (make it present again). Protestantism also contends that the sacrificial aspect of Mass was unknown to the Primitive Church and is opposed to the Bible both in its general sense and specific instructions. The former assertion is a question of historical fact which Catholics answer with the writings of the early Christians and the Church Fathers ; the latter is a matter of Scriptural interpretation, which Catholics contend is determined by the Church's Magisterium (bound by "Sacred Tradition"), and which Protestants contend is determined by the individual. EXTERNAL LINKS
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