Project Gutenberg 2005-06-23 Public domain in the USA. 4224 Wolf, Edwin 1911 1991 Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. A Facsimile of the copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, with an introductory essay by Edwin Wolf 2nd. The old Tagalog (Baybayin) font required to read this book can be downloaded from: http://www.mts.net/~pmorrow/fonts.htm Produced by Jeroen Hellingman, Tamiko I. Camacho, and the PG Distributed Proofreaders Team "Doctrina Christiana" by Edwin Wolf is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The text serves to illuminate the significance of this volume, recognized as the first book printed in the Philippines in 1593. The work sheds light on the printing methods used, the bibliographical history surrounding the book's creation, and the religious teachings contained within it, primarily focused on the fundamentals of Christianity as conveyed to the native population. The opening of "Doctrina Christiana" discusses the arduous journey to locate this seminal work, engaging readers in a narrative that resembles a scholarly detective story. It outlines the book’s physical characteristics, including details about its contents, such as essential Christian prayers and teachings presented in both Spanish and Tagalog. Wolf introduces four main topics for investigation: the physical description, bibliographical history, authorship, and the printing methods employed, ensuring that readers not only appreciate the book's historical value but also its role in the cultural and religious education of the Filipinos during the Spanish colonization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en es tl Tagalog language -- Texts Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- Tagalog Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- Spanish Block books -- Facsimiles PL Text Christianity Browsing: History - General Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 275865 275699 2024-09-07T08:09:08.832636 2023-09-07T09:45:07.287243 text/html text/html 295654 2021-01-01T11:47:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2915242 2021-01-01T11:47:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2916095 2024-09-07T08:09:29.995537 application/epub+zip 2919088 2024-09-07T08:09:17.724578 application/epub+zip 112102 2024-09-07T08:09:09.804620 application/epub+zip 9548381 2024-09-07T08:09:34.085569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197475 2024-09-07T08:09:21.736573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169806 2022-09-08T03:35:44.229477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198300 198218 2024-09-07T08:09:07.545641 2023-09-07T09:45:05.927245 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 197893 2021-01-01T11:47:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 71881 2021-01-01T11:47:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 197897 2021-01-01T11:47:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 71429 2021-01-01T11:47:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21876 2024-09-07T08:09:34.229485 application/rdf+xml 14010 2024-09-07T08:09:09.915606 image/jpeg 2162 2024-09-07T08:09:09.860601 image/jpeg 2911597 2024-09-07T08:09:09.101670 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog