Pilgrim's+Progress

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 * [[image:Pointing_pilgrim_to_the_light.jpg link="Christian Artwork"]] || =====Pilgrim’s Progress is undoubtedly one of the most famous pieces of Christian literature. It has been translated into more than two hundred languages. It is second in popularity only to the King James Bible. The story is an allegory of the Christian life. It follows the adventures of a man named Christian from his escape from the City of Destruction, his salvation at the cross, to his death and passage into the Celestial City. Along the way, Christian is accompanied by two loyal companions: first Faithful and then Hopeful. The story is rich in Biblical language. =====

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John Bunyan is the author of this allegory. The famous character Christian is a picture of John Bunyan himself. He was born in 1628 as the son of a tinker. After a troubled youth, he joined the Parliamentarian Army to fight in the English Civil War. John Bunyan began to preach after his salvation. Because he preached without a license, he was thrown into the Bedford Prison. During his twelve years in prison, he wrote Pilgrim’s Progress. He wrote a number of other books as well such as The Holy War and Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. =====

The book was instantly popular with every social class. His first editor, Charles Doe, noted that 100,000 copies were already in print by 1692. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called it, "the best Summa Theologicae Evangelicae ever produced by a writer not miraculously inspired." Every English household that owned a Bible also owned the famous allegory. Eventually, it became the bestselling book (apart from the Bible) in publishing history.

John Bunyan is part of Foxes Book of Martyr's in Chapter XIX.

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