Sentence:  Adam and <WSD>Eve</WSD> were perfect , not in the sense that they possessed perfection , but in the sense that they were capable of development toward perfection . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden