# What Salvation and Redemption means in The Pilgrim’s Progress

> The central theme of the book is the individual's journey from sin and spiritual despair to salvation through faith in Christ, as exemplified by Christian's escape from the City of Destruction and his quest for the Celestial City.

## Explanation

The central theme of the book is the individual's journey from sin and spiritual despair to salvation through faith in Christ, as exemplified by Christian's escape from the City of Destruction and his quest for the Celestial City.

Christian's burden falling off at the Cross symbolizes the central Christian doctrine of salvation through Christ's sacrifice.

Salvation and Redemption is one of the patterns The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan returns to. The chapter notes above are from this edition’s companions — open those chapters to see how the book stages the idea rather than treating the theme as a slogan.

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