# “The best-selling Christian book of all time” by J. I. Packer

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- Published: 2008-08-06T23:17:05-05:00
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“Next to the Bible, [John Bunyan’s ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0141439718?tag=toletaupanre-20)_
[Pilgrim’s Progress](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0141439718?tag=toletaupanre-20)_[ ](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0141439718?tag=toletaupanre-20)
is the best-selling Christian book of all time. At its first appearance (part one,
1678; part two, 1684), it was an instant hit, and it has never been out of print;
there have been literally hundreds of editions and dozens of translations. By common
consent it is Bunyan’s masterpiece and a milestone in English literature, both sacred
and secular.”

–J. I. Packer, “Pilgrim’s Progress,” in _[The Devoted Life: An Invitation to the Puritan Classics](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830827943?tag=toletaupanre-20)_,
ed. Kapic and Gleason (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press: 2004), 183.

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