[Penny1]

OT, I don't think you can fit Elves into a strictly Christian theological pigeon-hole. Tolkien was Catholic, but he was also fully aware that he was writing fantasy/mythology. It's as if he wanted to explore a type of being that is neither angel nor man, but somewhere in between with characteristics of both.

[Overtaxed]

It's as if he wanted to explore a type of being that is neither angel nor man, but somewhere in between with characteristics of both.

So it's not a matter of sin or fallenness but Elves' immortality that you meant by Elves being between men and angels. Is this impression accurate? How can we know for sure that Immortality is the greater gift?