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Gabrielle Thomas

The Rev. Gabrielle Thomas, PhD is a Guest Writer. She is Assistant Professor of Early Christianity and Anglican Studies at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Previous appointments include Durham University and Yale University. Thomas' published works include The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus (Cambridge UP, 2019), Women and Ordination in the Orthodox Church (Cascade Books, 2020), For the Good of the Church: Unity, Theology, and Women (SCM Press, 2021). Her The Problem of the Devil in Cappadocian Thought (Cambridge UP) is forthcoming.

The Devil Made Me Do It

Where did the Early Church Fathers locate the source of evil and sin? For Basil the Great, the Devil did not "make me do it."