TABOR, Chenie C.

BSA 1C

Activity: Excerpt from Sucesos delas islas Filipinas by Antonio de

Morga

1. What is the religious belief of the early Filipinos according to de

Morga’s account? How did they worship God?
From the excerpt of the Suecos made by de Morga, he
primarily describes the “ignorance” and “stubbornness” of the
non-Christian Filipinos. According from its primary source, de
Morga explains that in terms of religion among early Filipinos,
they neglected the discovery of God and instead, they let
themselves be deceived by devils who already committed

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thousands of errors which causes blindness among their

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believers. Others worshipped the sun and moon, yellow-colored

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bird called as “batala”, and crocodiles. They generally made

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images of them in various horrible forms. They kept those in
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private caves and private houses where they offered perfumes,
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odors, food, fruit as a form of sacrifice and worship.
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2. How did de Morga describe the religious belief of the early Filipinos?
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There were no temples throughout those islands, nor

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houses generally used to worship their idols. They had no priest

to attend religious affairs but instead, they have those certain old
men and women called “catalonas”. These were experienced
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witches and sorcerers who kept the believers to be deceived.

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They believed that those who had been brave and who had
performed good deeds will be rewarded and will have a brighter
life in the future, while those who had done evil would be
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punished. This principle is relevant to what we believed now but,

the way on how they done it is wrong. de Morga made a remark
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that if they put God as the foundation of their faith, His teachings
together with the preaching of the holy gospel would help them
confess the truth and realized the truth.
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3. As a Spaniard and Christian, how did the biases of prejudice of Antonio

de Morga manifest in the document? Elaborate your answer.
The explanation of Antonio de Morga among early Filipinos
is mainly ethnocentric. As someone who is not a native Filipino,

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 he commented and described the community as ignorant, he did
not accept the Filipino culture and stood according to his
firsthand experiences and culture as Spaniard. The personal
experience of Antonio de Morga manifests the whole documents,
making as feel unhappy about the beliefs of the early Filipinos.

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