title: The Spiritual Combat
author: Dom Lorenzo Scupoli
description: Lorenzo Scupoli (1530-1610) was born in southeastern Italy. He entered a religious order in 1569 and was ordained a priest soon thereafter. He was accused of breaking the religious rule in 1585 and consequently was arrested and deprived of his permission to administer the sacraments. He published the first edition of The Spiritual Combat in 1589. Scupoli was finally exculpated of the accusation against him shortly before his death.
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  # Unseen Warfare: The Spiritual Combat and Path to Paradise of Lorenzo Scupoli
  
  
  St. Theophan the Recluse
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright Ⓒ 2020 Orthodox Publishing (Православное Христианское Издательство)
  
  
  From the edited text of St. Nicodemus the Hagiorite and St. Theophan the
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  # Unseen Warfare: The Spiritual Combat of Lorenzo Scupoli
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * [**Part One: The Spiritual Combat**](part0002_split_000.html#1T140-440fcb653fe14050a82b63aa91ed6d97)
  
  
  * [Chapter 1: What defines Christian perfection? The warfare required to obtain it. Four things necessary to succeed in this](part0002_split_000.html#1T140-440fcb653fe14050a82b63aa91ed6d97)
  
  
  * [Chapter 2: That one should never have faith in oneself.](part0003_split_000.html#2RHM0-440fcb653fe14050a82b63aa91ed6d97)
  
  
  * [Chapter 3: Hoping in, and having confidence in God alone.](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-440fcb653fe14050a82b63aa91ed6d97)