Zimmerman continued Chapter 12 with a presentation of St. Irenaeus’s view of Paradise and Original Sin, found in Proof of the Apostolic Preaching.

The fashioning of Adam: Adam’s body – his caro – was “godlike” in appearance; his soul – his anima – was “godlike” (durable, immortal, and forever alive); and the breath of life that God insufflated into Adam – his spiritus – was divine inspiration.

One needs only to gaze at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to see what he means.