The Holy War

Name: The Holy War
Author: John Bunyan

John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English tinker turned Puritan preacher in Bedford. Largely self-educated, he was imprisoned for twelve years for preaching without a license, and it was in prison that he began The Pilgrim's Progress, published in 1678. His allegory, his spiritual autobiography Grace Abounding, and works such as The Holy War have made him one of the most read Christian authors in the world.

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First published: 1682
Categories: Christian Literature, Holiness
Length: 98k words · about 7 hours
Chapters: 21
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 82% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

John Bunyan's second great allegory, first published in 1682. The town of Mansoul — the human soul — is taken by Diabolus, retaken by Prince Emanuel, and besieged again, in a story of conversion and of the continuing warfare of the Christian life. Less read than The Pilgrim's Progress, many readers judge it the richer allegory of the two.