天國의 巡禮者 존 번연과 퓨리타니즘

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The puritans were a group of radical protestants whose aim was to eradicate the Catholic elements of the Anglican Church. They hoped to preserve and maintain both the purity and the holy conscience of the Apostles, by adopting the Bible as the ultimate criterion on whose basis they could evaluate their faith. As a puritan writer, John Bunyan wrote Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and The Pilgrim's Progress, both of which have been generally regarded as gems of puritan literature.
While serving in the Parliamentary army(1644-6), Bunyan contacted various Puritan ideas; he was also touched by the devout life of Cromwell's New Model Army. He was particularly influenced by two books; one was Arthur Dent's The Plain Man's Pathway to Heaven, which is handbook of Calvinist theology, and the other Lewis Bayly's The practice of Piety. Then he met the reverend John Gifford, with whom he shared the puritan faith that is not hampered by sectarianism. At the Restoration, Bunyan was imprisoned; yet, his imprisonment only strengthened his religious faith as he concentrated on reading and writing in prison. In 1672, he settled as the leader of a Baptist church in Bedford.
The puritan spirit in Bunyan's work is summed up as the primacy of the Bible, the pilgrimage, and predetermination, He asserted that the Bible is the sole criterion for people to determine whether they are on the right path toward salvation. The Pilgrim's Progress elucidates puritan ideals by effectively dramatizing every Christian's spiritual journey and his struggle toward ultimate salvation. The puritan theology, which is also equated with the Calvinist theology, is best embodied in Bunyan's work.