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The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan.It is commonly regarded as one of the most significant works of Protestant devotional literature and of wider early modern English literature.
The Slough of Despond, illustrated by Rachael Robinson Elmer, 1913. The Slough of Despond (/ ˈ s l aʊ ... d ɪ ˈ s p ɒ n d / or / ˈ s l uː /; [1] "swamp of despair") is a fictional bog in John Bunyan's allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, into which the protagonist Christian sinks under the weight of his sins and his sense of guilt for them.
The Pilgrim's Progress was published in 1678 by Nathaniel Ponder and immediately became popular, though probably making more money for its publisher than for its author. [32] Two events marred Bunyan's life during the later 1670s. Firstly he became embroiled in a scandal concerning a young woman called Agnes Beaumont.
The Pilgrim's Regress is a book of allegorical fiction by C. S. Lewis. This 1933 novel was Lewis's first published work of prose fiction, and his third piece of work to be published and first after he converted to Christianity. [ 1 ]
The society also published the notable novel, Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan. They reproduced Pilgrim's Progress, in many formats including; penny parts, Sunday School prize additions, and cheap abridgments.
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (1678) One of the first books enthusiastically taken up by children, this is now largely neglected, even by adults ...
Apollyon (top) battling Christian in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.. The Hebrew term Abaddon (Hebrew: אֲבַדּוֹן ’Ăḇaddōn, meaning "destruction", "doom") and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (Koinē Greek: Ἀπολλύων, Apollúōn meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss.
Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the ...