Savior from what? - John Bunyan

The man who does not know the nature of the law cannot know the nature of the sin, and he who does not know the nature of sin cannot know the nature of the savior"

- John Bunyan

From Ernest Reisingers the Law and the Gospel p.33

John Bunyan baptized 30 November 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and preacher best remembered as the author of the religious allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons.

Bunyan is best remembered for The Pilgrim's Progress, a book which gained immediate popularity. By 1692, four year's after the author's death, publisher Charles Doe estimated that 100,000 copies had been printed in England, as well as editions "in France, Holland, New England and Welch".[45] By 1938, 250 years after Bunyan's death, more than 1,300 editions of the book had been printed.

During the 18th century Bunyan's unpolished style fell out of favour, but his popularity returned with Romanticism, poet Robert Southey writing an appreciative biography in 1830. Bunyan's reputation was further enhanced by the evangelical revival and he became a favourite author of the Victorians.[47] The tercentenary of Bunyan's birth, celebrated in 1928, elicited praise from his former adversary, the Church of England.Although popular interest in Bunyan waned during the second half of the twentieth century, academic interest in the writer has increased and Oxford University Press brought out a new edition of his works, beginning in 1976.Authors who have been influenced by Bunyan include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott and George Bernard Shaw.

Bunyan’s work, in particular The Pilgrim’s Progress, has reached a wider audience through stage productions, film, TV, and radio. An opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams based on The Pilgrim’s Progress was first performed at the Royal Opera House in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain and