Genesis 1:27

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Vulgate Text: Genesis 1:1-31 — Full Vulgate text quoted

  "27. And God created man to His own image; to the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

• Verse 27: Male and Female He Created Them — "Of God" means of Christ; man was especially created in the image of Christ

  "IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED HIM. — "Of God," that is, of Christ, who is God: for man was especially created in the image of Christ."

• Verse 27: Male and Female He Created Them — "Male and female He created them" — not a hermaphrodite; Moses speaks by anticipation of Eve

  "27. MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM. — From this, a certain innovator in France recently asserted ineptly that Adam was created a hermaphrodite"