Celestial City

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Celestial City is the radiant, heavenly destination symbolizing ultimate spiritual fulfillment in Christian allegory, most famously depicted as the final goal of the pilgrim’s journey in John Bunyan’s works.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Celestial City canonical 4
the Celestial City 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian allegorical motif ⓘ
allegorical place ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
religious symbol ⓘ
symbolic city ⓘ
appearsIn The Pilgrim’s Progress ⓘ
The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part II ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Christian (protagonist of The Pilgrim’s Progress) ⓘ
Christiana ⓘ
associatedWithTheme judgment and reward ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
sanctification ⓘ
spiritual warfare and victory ⓘ
describedAs eternal ⓘ
glorious ⓘ
heavenly ⓘ
radiant ⓘ
hasAuthorContext John Bunyan ⓘ
hasCenturyOfProminence 17th century ⓘ
hasCountryOfOriginContext England ⓘ
hasFunction didactic illustration of Christian doctrine ⓘ
encouragement to persevere in faith ⓘ
hasGenreContext religious literature ⓘ
spiritual allegory ⓘ
hasLanguageContext English literature ⓘ
hasMedium prose narrative ⓘ
hasWorkContext The Pilgrim’s Progress ⓘ
The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part II ⓘ
influenced Christian hymnody ⓘ
later Protestant devotional literature ⓘ
sermons and homiletic imagery ⓘ
visual depictions of heaven in Christian art ⓘ
inspiredBy Revelation 21–22 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Revelation

biblical imagery of the New Jerusalem ⓘ
literaryTradition Christian allegory ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
roleInNarrative final destination of the pilgrim’s journey ⓘ
goal of Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
reward for faithful endurance ⓘ
symbolizes eternal life ⓘ
final perseverance of believers ⓘ
heaven ⓘ
spiritual fulfillment ⓘ
the Kingdom of God ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of God

the New Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: New Jerusalem

ultimate salvation ⓘ
union with God ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evangelist → directsTo → Celestial City ⓘ
Shining Ones → associatedWithPlace → the Celestial City ⓘ
linked to: Celestial City
Pilgrim → journeyGoal → Celestial City ⓘ
Vanity Fair (symbol of worldly temptation) → contrastedWith → Celestial City ⓘ