And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est pourquoi il est écrit: Le premier homme, Adam, devint une âme vivante. Le dernier Adam est devenu un esprit vivifiant.
KJV
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ds of Scripture. For we read farther on, "And man was made a living soul"; which words the Apostle ( 1 Cor. 15:45 ) refers not to spiritual life, but to animal life. Therefore, by breath of life we must understand the soul, so that the words, "He breathed into his face the breath…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
first man was not created in grace. For the Apostle, distinguishing between Adam and Christ, says ( 1 Cor. 15:45 ): "The first Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit." But the spirit is quickened by grace. Therefore Christ alone was made in grace…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)
tolo «secundus Adam» dicitur. Et seipsum «filium Adam,» hoc est «filium hominis» assidue commendat (I Cor. XV, 45, 47) . Et Lucas evangelista per Septuaginta et septem generationes ab ipso Christo usque Adam ascendens, veram ex illo incarnationem [Col. 1121B] ejus fideliter dem…
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