Angelism

{{Short description|Arguments that humans are essentially angelic}}

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In theology, angelism is a pejorative for arguments that human beings are essentially angelic, and therefore sin-less in actual nature. The term is used as a criticism, to identify ideas which reject conceptions of human nature as being (to some degree) sinful and lustful:

:"[Angelism] minimizes concupiscence and therefore ignores the need for moral vigilance and prayer to cope with the consequences of original sin."{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=31808 |title=Catholic Dictionary : ANGELISM |publisher=Catholicculture.org |date=2014-12-08 |accessdate=2015-03-29}}