• Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• Gen 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
• Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

3 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Evangelical · Evangelical
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

62 passages from 10 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Catechism of the Catholic Church · 16 passages
• Theology of the Body · 11 passages
• Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 6 passages
• City of God · 6 passages
• Summa Theologica · 5 passages
• Confessions · 4 passages
• Belgic Confession · 4 passages
• On the Creation of the World (De Opificio Mundi) · 4 passages
• An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith · 3 passages
• Confession of Dositheus · 3 passages