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Did Adam and Eve underestimate their bodies?

The answer

The body was just as important as the soul and the spirit for Adam and Eve, with all three necessary to form the complete person. St. Jerome says, “Our body and soul and spirit — our harp — are all in harmony, all their strings in tune.”⁴⁸²

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

⁴⁸² St. Jerome, Homily 21, On Psalm 91(92) (FOTC 48:166).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.