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→Christianity: Found & placed Aquinas ref, removed clarifying phrase by Wikipedia user, copied here apparently without his permission & without any known precursor to quote in its stead--as of yet.
==Christianity==
==Christianity==
In Christianity, Pride (also Vanity or arrogance) is the essentially competitive and excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God, or the worth which God sees in others;[citation needed] for example: "In his Pride the wicked does not seek Him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." (Psalm 10:4) Pride the greatest of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] (pride, [[envy]], [[anger|wrath]], [[sloth (sin)|sloth]], [[greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]]).
In Christianity, pride (associated with the terms vanity or arrogance) is the essentially competitive<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274) paraphrasing [[Albert the Great]]. ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 84, A. 2, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers. The translated phrase Aquinas uses is pride is understood as "denoting inordinate desire to excel".</ref> and excessive belief in one's own abilities that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God; for example: "In his Pride the wicked does not seek Him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God." (Psalm 10:4) Pride the greatest of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] (pride, [[envy]], [[anger|wrath]], [[sloth (sin)|sloth]], [[greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]]).
* According to Sebastien Michaelis, humans are seduced by Pride by the great demon Belial, who is also known as The Lord of Arrogance.
* According to Sebastien Michaelis, humans are seduced by Pride by the great demon Belial, who is also known as The Lord of Arrogance.