Editing Catharism (section)

=== Other beliefs ===
[[File:Hieronymus Bosch - The Fall of the Rebel Angels (obverse) - WGA2572.jpg|thumb|right|upright|''The Fall of the Rebel Angels'' by [[Hieronymus Bosch]]]]
Some Cathars told a version of the [[Book of Enoch|Enochian]] narrative, according to which [[Eve]]'s daughters copulated with Satan's [[demon]]s and bore [[Nephilim|giants]]. The [[Genesis flood narrative|Deluge]] would have been provoked by [[Satan]], who disapproved of the demons revealing he was not the real god, or alternatively, an attempt by the Invisible Father to destroy the giants.{{sfn|Smith|2015|p=11}} The [[Holy Spirit]] was sometimes counted as one single entity, but to others it was considered the collective groups of unfallen angels who had not followed Satan in his rebellion.

Cathars believed that the sexual allure of women impeded a man's ability to reject the material world.{{sfnp|O'Shea|2000|p=42}} Despite this stance on sex and reproduction, some Cathar communities made exceptions. In one version, the Invisible Father had two spiritual wives, Collam and Hoolibam (identified with [[Oholah and Oholibah]]), and would himself have provoked the war in heaven by seducing the wife of Satan, or perhaps the reverse. Cathars adhering to this story would believe that having families and sons would not impede them from reaching God's kingdom.{{sfn|Smith|2015|p=11}}

Some communities also believed in a [[Day of Judgment]] that would come when the number of the just equalled that of angels who fell, when the believers would ascend to the [[heaven|spirit realm]], while the sinners would be thrown to everlasting fire along with Satan.{{sfnp|Barber|2000}}

The Cathars ate a [[Pescetarianism|pescatarian]] diet. They did not eat cheese, eggs, meat, or milk because these are all by-products of sexual intercourse.{{sfn|Preece|2008|p=}} The Cathars believed that animals were carriers of reincarnated souls, and forbade the killing of all animal life, apart from fish,{{sfn|Preece|2008|p=}}{{sfn|Johnston|Renkin|2000|p=252}} which they believed were produced by [[spontaneous generation]].{{sfn|Johnston|Renkin|2000|p=252}}

The Cathars could be seen as prefiguring [[Protestantism]] in that they denied [[transubstantiation]], [[purgatory]], [[prayers for the dead]] and [[intercession of saints|prayers to saints]]. They also believed that the scriptures should be read in the [[vernacular]].<ref name=":02">{{harvnb|Walther|1968|p=missing}}</ref>