“In Cathar beliefs, humans were, by nature, imperfect — fallen angels whose soul and spirit had been given physical form in frail bodies. [...] Cathars strove for this moment of consolamentum when their souls would be reunited with their angelic form.” SoulImperfectFrailFallen AngelsReunitedCatharsCathar Beliefs Book:Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it Source: Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of it