Theatine priest · spiritual writer · Roman Catholic

Lorenzo Scupoli

Born: c. 1530
Died: 1610

Italian Theatine priest whose Spiritual Combat, first published in Venice in 1589, became one of the most widely read manuals of the spiritual life; it was valued by Francis de Sales and adapted in Orthodox circles as Unseen Warfare.

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The Spiritual Combat, with the Supplement and The Path of Paradise1589

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The Spiritual Combat, with the Supplement and The Path of Paradise

Scupoli's manual of spiritual warfare: distrust of self, trust in God, the right use of the mind and will, the struggle with the passions and the practice of prayer, followed by the Supplement and the short treatise on interior peace.

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