Genesis 2:25

The Sacrament of Matrimony

• §1605Article 7 · The Sacrament of MatrimonyRead at vatican.va

  “The woman, "flesh of his flesh," i.e., his counterpart, his equal, his nearest in all things, is given to him by God as a "helpmate"; she thus represents God from whom comes our help.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 2:18-25.

Man

• §376Paragraph 6 · ManRead at vatican.va

  “The inner harmony of the human person, the harmony between man and woman,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 2:25.

Tertullian

• Tertullian, A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11

  “…my bones, and flesh of my flesh; therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall become one flesh,” he experienced the influence of the Spirit.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 24, 25.

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• Tertullian, On the Pallium Chapter 3

  “Then and there hastening to forecover what, in his newly made body, it was not yet due to modesty (to forecover), he surrounds himself meantime with fig-leaves: subsequently, on being driven from the confines of his birthplace because he had sinned, he went, skinclad, to the world as to a mine.” — editor's note: i.e., a place which he was to work, as condemned criminals worked mines. Comp. de Pu., c. xxii. sub init.; and see Gen. ii. 25 (in LXX. iii. 1), iii. 7, 21–24.

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• Tertullian, On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11

  “Thus they each marked their intelligence of their own sex by a covering.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25; iii. 7 (in LXX. iii. 1, iii. 7).

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.22Book III

  “And even as she, having indeed a husband, Adam, but being nevertheless as yet a virgin (for in Paradise “they were both naked, and were not ashamed,” inasmuch as they, having been created a short time previously, had no understanding of the procreation of children: for it was necessary that they should first…” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25.

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John Damascene

• John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11Book II

  “But before they took of the fruit, They were both naked, Adam and Eve, and were not ashamed.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25.

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 18

  “Since Adam too was “naked”in paradise, “and was not ashamed;” and Isaiah was “naked, and barefoot,” and more glorious than all the Jews;and Josephalso, when he stripped himself, did then more than ever shine forth.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 60

  “So before that, “they were naked, and were not ashamed.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 72

  “For “they were naked, and were not ashamed.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25.

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIV.17Book XIV

  “For as it is written, “They were naked and were not ashamed,”—not that their nakedness was unknown to them, but because nakedness was not yet shameful, because not yet did lust move those members without the will’s consent; not yet did the flesh by its disobedience testify against the disobedience of man.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 25.

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• Genesis 3:6

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.17.

• Genesis 3:7

  Cited together in The City of God XIV.17 and 2 other places.

• Genesis 3:16

  Cited together in Catechism §376.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in Catechism §376.

• Genesis 3:23

  Cited together in On the Pallium Chapter 3.

• Genesis 24:64

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Genesis 24:65

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:13

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:14

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:15

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:16

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:17

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:18

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:19

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:20

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• Deuteronomy 22:21

  Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 11.

• 1 Samuel 10:6

  Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.

• 1 Samuel 10:11

  Cited together in A Treatise on the Soul Chapter 11.

• 2 Kings 19:12

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Psalm 55:22

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Psalm 139:6

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Isaiah 37:12

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Ezekiel 27:23

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Matthew 6:25

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Matthew 6:33

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.

• Matthew 19:6

  Cited together in Catechism §1605.

• Luke 10:41

  Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.11.