The Holy War
John Bunyan · 1682 · The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Mansoul

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The Holy War
John Bunyan (1628–1688)
John Bunyan's classic Christian allegory describing the spiritual battle for the city of Mansoul. The story presents the conflict between Diabolus and Emmanuel and offers a powerful allegorical picture of temptation, sin, repentance, redemption, and spiritual warfare.
This Web Book follows the public-domain 1907 Religious Tract Society transcription (Project Gutenberg eBook 395). Bunyan’s wording is not modernized. Chapter numbers follow the LibriVox recording by Joy Chan and are for reading navigation; the 1682 book itself is a continuous narrative after the verse prefaces.
- 19 chapters
- 2 verse prefaces
- 99,727 words
- ≈ 499 min read
- English
- First published 1682
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Table of Contents
Begin with Bunyan’s verse preface, then read the nineteen narrative chapters. Use Previous and Next on each page to read straight through.
1682PTo the Reader
Bunyan’s verse prefacePAn Advertisement to the Reader
On authorshipIChapter I
The town of MansoulIIChapter II
Diabolus defaces the image of ShaddaiIIIChapter III
Shaddai sends his captainsIVChapter IV
Tidings that Emmanuel will comeVChapter V
Emmanuel besieges the townVIChapter VI
The captains in MansoulVIIChapter VII
The prisoners return with honourVIIIChapter VIII
The trial of the DiaboloniansIXChapter IX
Incredulity escapesXChapter X
Emmanuel new-models the townXIChapter XI
Lying vanitiesXIIChapter XII
The Diabolonians contrive ruinXIIIChapter XIII
News from Hell-Gate HillXIVChapter XIV
Mansoul prepares for assaultXVChapter XV
Another petition to EmmanuelXVIChapter XVI
Captain CredenceXVIIChapter XVII
The Doubters buriedXVIIIChapter XVIII
Evil-QuestioningXIXChapter XIX
The remaining DiaboloniansℹAbout This Web Edition
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