Eve
![Creation of Eve from the Sistine Chapel The Creation of Eve, as depicted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, part of Michelangelo’s masterpiece.](/bundles/ncbsw/media/Creation-of-Eve.webp)
The name 'Eve' comes from the Hebrew word חַוָּה or 'Chava,' a form of the word for life, which is why she is called 'the mother of all living.' She represents the church, and is called 'mother' because this was the first Church of all, and 'living' because of its faith in the Lord, who is life itself.
(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 287-291, Genesis 3:20)