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Lesson 5:
The Christian
Doctrine
 We are the Reporters

Villasis, Richelle
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Delfin, Liway
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Philippine Christianity Praying

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 What is Christian doctrine?
Latin word "doctrina" - Teaching or Instruction
-commonly means the beliefs of Christians.

Christian doctrine generally heard in the Bible as a

particular subject as;
● the “doctrine” of Christ,
● the “doctrine” of God, and;
● the “doctrine” of the church.6
Christian Doctrine
Also known as

Christian Teaching

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Doctrine
Theology
 What is Theology?
is the systematic study of the nature of the divine
and, more broadly, of religious belief. (Theo-logy)

Taught - academic discipline

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 Lets Have, some
Brief Discussion in the History of
Philippine Christianity (Catholicism)

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 Philippines
✣ Third-largest Catholic country in the world
✣ One of two predominantly Catholic nations in
Asia
✣ Colonized by the Spanish in 333 Years

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 Philippine History
Officially colonized (Spanish)

Expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi

on 1565.
(6th expedition)

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 Philippine History
Colonizing the Philippines Nowadays (5G's) & use
Spanish have 3 Motives in Philippine politics
✣ God
✣ God ✣ Gold
✣ Gold ✣ Glory
✣ Glory ✣ Guns
13 ✣ Goons
The Book
De Doctrina Christiana
(The Christian Doctrine)
✣ Early book (Catholic
Catechism) thereby
distinguished as “The
Teachings of
Christianity”.

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The Book
De Doctrina Christiana
(The Christian Doctrine)
✣ First book printed in the Philippines in 1593.

✣ (King Philip II) order to publish this book.

✣ Gutenberg Project in publishing it.

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Book Title Doctrina Christiana

Doctrina Chriſtiana, en lengua eſpan¨ola y tagala,

corregida por los Religiosos de las ordenes Impreſſa
con licencia, en S. Gabriel de la Orden de S. Domĩgo.
En Manila, 1593.

In Spanish Title
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Book Title Doctrina Christiana

Christian Doctrine in Spanish Language And Tagalog,

corrected by the monks of the Orders. Printed with
licence in Saint Gabriel of the Order of Saint Dominic.
In Manila, 1593.

In English Title
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Book Title Doctrina Christiana
Ang Doktrina Kristiyana sa Wikang Kastila at
Tagalog, kasama ang tamang Patakaran para sa
Relihiyoso ng mga Orden. Inilimbag nang may
Lisensya sa San Gabriel ng Orden ni Santo Domingo.
Sa Maynila, 1593.

In Tagalog Title
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 Book
Content Doctrina Christiana
✣ Literally means “The Teachings of Christianity” & about the
History of Christian Doctrine.

✣ The book consists of 38 leaves and 74 pages text (written in three

languages):

⨳ Castilian (Spanish),
⨳ Tagalog in the native Baybayin characters, and;
⨳ Tagalog transliterated into the Romanized phonetic script.

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 Book
Content
Doctrina Christiana
✣ contains the basic elements of the religion which the missionaries were
trying to spread among the unbaptized in the remote regions of the world.

✣ (most popular prayer of Christianity)

⨳ the Pater Noster (“Our Father”),
⨳ the Ave Maria (“Hail Mary”),
⨳ the Credo (“Apostle’s Creed”),
⨳ the Salve Regina (“Hail Holy Queen”),

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 Book
Content Doctrina Christiana
✣ Contents (prayers and religious doctrine)
⨳ the Articles of Faith,
⨳ the Ten Commandments,
⨳ the Commandments of the Holy Church,
⨳ the Sacraments of the Holy Church,
⨳ the Seven Mortal Sins,
⨳ the Fourteen Works of Charity,
⨳ Confession, and Catechism.

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● Anonymous

● well-known version: Juan de Plasencia &

Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas (7th)

Doctrina
Christian
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 s D o ct rin a tiana
Whe n w a Doc trina C
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u bl is h ed ?
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Christ
● 1593
● (Era of King Philip II) 28 years

Doctrina
Christian
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Why it
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● To diffuse Christian teaching across the

Philippine archipelago.

● Many Spanish missionaries may enhance and

mastered the Tagalog language, enable to
preach the unbaptized.
Doctrina
Christian
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 s D o ctr in a
Wh er e i
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Doctrina Ch

st i an a n o w ris tiana

Ch ri
● the Library of Congress (W. D.C.)

Doctrina hr i stiana
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 References

● https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16119/16119-h/16
119-h.htm
● https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/
10/doctrina-christiana-more-than-four-hundred-years
-of-filipino-american-history/
● https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/stewart_don/
faq/bible-basics/question2-what-is-christian-doctrine.
cfm
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