{"id":8406,"date":"2026-01-29T08:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/the-book-christian-doctrine\/---d5ede5ec-4907-40f9-af42-c7e3f2eca3b4"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:36:05","slug":"the-book-christian-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/the-book-christian-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"The book &#8220;Christian Doctrine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January 1622, cleric and writer of Albanian literature, Pjet\u00ebr Budi, donated to the Vatican Library a copy of his first work, <i>&#8220;Dottrina Christiana&#8221;<\/i> (&#8220;<i>Christian Doctrine<\/i>&#8220;). The second part of this volume includes 10 of his poems. The book was published in Rome in 1618. Budi carefully used the vernacular, enriching it with new words. Budi&#8217;s work further enlivened Albanian cultural tradition, which Frang Bardhi, Pjet\u00ebr Bogdani, and others continued. At the end of the work, he wrote: <i>&#8220;Autor dono dedit Bibliothecae Vaticanae. 29 Ianuarii 1622&#8221;<\/i> (&#8220;<i>The author has given it as a gift to the Vatican Library. January 29, 1622<\/i>&#8220;). <i>(In the photo: 1) Pjet\u00ebr Budi; 2) The book &#8220;Dottrina Christiana&#8221;)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text: <\/strong>Robert Elsie, <i>Historical Dictionary of Albania,<\/i> Plymouth, UK, 2010, page 59.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 National History Museum&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic Processing<\/strong>: AHCF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N\u00eb janar 1622, kleriku dhe shkrimtari i let\u00ebrsis\u00eb shqiptare, Pjet\u00ebr Budi, i dhuroi Bibliotek\u00ebs Vaticane nj\u00eb kopje t\u00eb vepr\u00ebs s\u00eb tij t\u00eb par\u00eb \u201cDottrina Christiana\u201d (\u201cDoktrina Kristiane\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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