Chapter 1 begins with a discussion of Gregory’s hermeneutics, arguing that Gregory interprets the whole biblical narrative in light of Christ and the salvation story. We move on to establish the predominant biblical themes which feed into Gregory’s multifaceted account of the image of God. These include beliefs about the divine presence manifested through images and idols; ethics; and an interesting thread which concerns the spiritual warfare between the image of God and powers of opposition, of which ‘the devil’ is common epithet used by Gregory.