Pilgrim's Progress: The Theology of Justification by Faith

John Bunyan's "Progress of Pilgrims" is a story of Christians. Christian, by his self-pilgrimage, has tried to reach the celestial body. City However, in order to better understand Bunyan 's view of Christianity in the novel, I must investigate the author' s life experience. Bunyan, born in 1628, lived in an era when Martin Luther was undoubtedly influenced by the religious reform movement just one century ago.

In the early 1520s, German reformist Martin Luther's view was known in the UK and was controversial. The main content of Luther's theology is faith, not good deeds. In this view, only believing is the gift of God to ensure the grace of God. Only the justification of faith can threaten the overall foundation of the Roman Catholic confession system, including purgatory, atonement, and quality of mass sacrifice. The early Protestant portrays Catholic practices such as confessing to the pastor, requesting the pastor's self-righteousness, fasting and breaking the burden of mental repression. According to Protestant, purgatory is not only lacking biblical grounds, it is accused of using purgatory fears to earn money from prayers and the masses. Catholics claim that proof of reason is "permission of sin"

Methodist confirmed the doctrine of justification through faith, but in Wesley-Amin theology justification refers to "forgiveness, forgiveness of sin" rather than "sincere and justice". I think this will be achieved by consolidation. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, taught that it is "indispensable to our sanctuary" to observe the moral laws contained in the Ten Commandments and participate in worship and consideration.