Genesis 2:7
Douay-Rheims
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Tertullian
The soul has its origin in the breath of God and did not come from matter. We base that statement on the clear assertion of divine revelation, which declares that "God breathed the breath of life into the face of man, and man became a living soul."
Source details
A.D. 220 · on Gen 2:7 (ON THE SOUL 3.4)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.