PRESIDENT'S ESSAY
Flesh of flesh
POSTED
January 4, 2010

John Paul II suggests that Adam’s wedding song, celebrating Eve as “flesh of flesh” and “bone of bone” should not be understood merely as a statement of derivation.  Even is “flesh of flesh” not merely because she was taken from flesh; the phrases are superlatives, like “holy of holies” or “Song of songs.”  Eve is not just more human flesh; she is the perfection of flesh.

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