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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1501–1600

The Sixteenth Century

1 work

1589

Italian

The Spiritual Combat

Il Combattimento Spirituale

Lorenzo Scupoli · c. 1530–1610

Four weapons for the interior struggle — distrust of self, confidence in God, use of the faculties, and prayer — with no visions and no extraordinary states.

Western · DevotionalRead elsewhere