Saints Adam and Eve

Saints Adam and Eve

Christmas Eve is the traditional commemoration of Adam and Eve, our first parents – I don’t think there’s any etymological connection between Eve and Eve, the first derived from ye Olde English ǣfnung, which means towards sunset, the end of the day. The name Eve is an English transliteration of her Hebrew name given by God, חווה, Hawwah, which means ‘living one’, or ‘source of life’, as she was the mother of all the living. Eve’s name is not far…

How Were Adam and Eve in Paradise? The Vision of Saint Hildegard of Bingen

Above: the Northern Lights in Iceland. When it comes to depicting Paradise and the state before Adam and Eve committed original sin, the paintings of recent centuries are many times laughable—when they are not simply scandalous. Even the most famous Italian masters seem unable to move beyond dubious nudes, a snake with legs, and some lush vegetation and exotic animals. Source