ACTIVITY 4 Retraction of Rizal 1

Lyka Lopez
Sophia Luna
BA Broadcasting 1A
TOPIC – Conflicting Views on the Retraction of Rizal
Activity 4 Did he Retract or Did he not?
Instruction: Identify the conflicting views the “Rizal retraction”

Present evidences : DID RIZAL RETRACT or DID HE NOT?
Rizal's retraction controversy

The validity of Jose Rizal's retraction paper is still a hot topic of discussion. Jose Rizal was
supposed to have signed it just before his death. There were several witnesses, the majority
of whom were Jesuits. On May 13, 1935, the paper was made public for the first time. 19
September 2012
Evidence: Rizal Retracted Rizal did not Retract
Rizal's Exile in Dapitan Rizal did not withdraw. Various

Rizal's second homecoming was in 1892. scholars offered a variety of views and
facts as to whether Rizal did or did not
On July 3, 1892,
retract. Nonetheless, there is no
evidence or excuse to bring the
Rizal organized the La Liga Filipina. He argument to a close. The original copy
conceived the plan of founding this was said to be missing when Rizal's
organization in Europe. family demanded it. Another piece of
evidence that Rizal did not retract is
Fr. Pastells' Instructions to Fr. ObachThe that when Father Balaguer agreed to
conditions framed by Fr. Pastells read marry Jose and Josephine after Jose
thus: signed the retraction document, there
was no marriage certificate or public
1.That Rizal publicly RETRACT his record to back up Father Balaguer's
errors concerning religion, and make claims. ocument, and I copied it word
statements that are clearly pro-Spanish for word.
and against revolution.
Since the legal process involved was
2.That he perform the church rites and solely a military tribunal where civilian
make a general confession of his past life or church intervention was rare and not
permitted, the Archbishop and Jesuits
3.That henceforth he conducts himself in are unable to reduce his sentence. Rizal
an exemplary manner as a Spanish was accused of engaging in filibustering
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subject and a man of religion. us propaganda, a crime punishable by
death under Spanish law.
Katipunan, led by Bonifacio prepared the
breakthrough of revolution. The same thing happened to the three
priests who had been garrotted years
On August 30, 1896, the Katipuneros before, despite the fact that they were
began the attack. still members of the church; they were
still regarded as rebels and not given a
decent burial. Furthermore, when Rizal
September 2, 1896 was still exiled in Dapitan, the Jesuit
superiors sent Father Sanchez, Rizal's
to Spain favorite teacher from Ateneo, to try to
persuade his former student's
October 6, 1896 allegations against the Catholic faith
and Spanish religious in the Philippines.
back to Manila Father Sanchez offered him a
professorship, a hundred thousand
The Retraction Story of 1896 in Rizal's pesos, and an estate in return for his
Prison Cell retraction (Laubach, 1936), but Rizal
turned down the bid.
December 29, 1896
Rizal wrote a letter to his family:
Approaches to Proving that Rizal Did
Not Retract
My Dear Parents and Brother:
Peruser see
I would like to see you before I die, Nobleman Fernandez
though this may cause much pain. Let the Observer
- A Spanish vagrant who worked for
brave ones come. There are some
practically 50 years in two recorded
important things that I have to tell you.
mystery files in Madrid and Segovia,
Your son and brother who loves you with
had an onlooker record of the
all his heart.
withdrawal which he found in
those repertories of Spain's grimy
Jose Rizal mysteries. He discovered 34 reports
including written by hand letters, wires,
Fr. Sadera and Fr. Visa and military records including a thick
stack of Rizal's guard. He had kept in
Two Jesuit priests tried to convert Rizal touch with himself days before he was
and make him retract from errors. The killed at Bagumbayan.
two priests brought with them the statue
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that Rizal Manuel Morato's "Uncover / Expose"
had carved. Fernandez said:
Fr. Rosell
" I have records expressing that before
Another priest Fr. Rosell and another he confronted demise, Rizal advised his
sister Narcisa to peer inside his shoes
person named Santiago Mataix, the
since he had left a letter. As indicated
correspondent of Heraldo de Madrid, by Fernandez, that letter must be a
followed Fr. Rosell inside. The priest forswearing of his withdrawal on the
grounds that Rizal realized the monks
tried to convert Rizal, but his effort also were deceiving the Filipinos and he
ended in vain. Rizal repelled his plea. needed to put any misinformation to
rest".
Fr. Vilaclara and Fr. Balaguer
- A companion of Baron Fernandez,
Another Jesuit priest. These priests consequently purchased from Fernande
were Rizal's friends in his student days the Intellectual Property right to the
at the Ateneo. vauable compositions.
Rizal responded saying: Morato said in his "uncover" that the

ministers produced the withdrawal letter
"No, I shall not be condemned. Look, and distributed in the Clerico-Fascist
Father, if in order to please you I said papers around then. Morato affirmed
"No, Rizal never withdrawn albeit that
yes to everything and sense signed
phony withdrawal was distributed by
everything presented to me, I would be ministers at that point is still tragically
a hypocrite, and I would offend God. I hawked in most school, yet that isn't
correct."
promise you that in remaining hours of
my life I shall employ asking God the Both Morato and Fernandez have
grace of faith" records to demonstrate that when Rizal
was in Dapitan,
Fr. Faura
Another priest entered the cell together those repertories of Spain's grimy
with the civil governor. Rizal let Fr. mysteries. He discovered 34 reports
including written by hand letters, wires,
Faura call back to mind Faura's remarks and military records including a thick
about his death on a scaffold. Rizal then stack of Rizal's guard. He had kept in
said to Fr. Faura: "you have been a touch with himself days before he was
killed at Bagumbayan.
prophet father."
The Pro's of the Retraction Manuel Morato's "Uncover / Expose"
Circumstantial Evidence Fernandez said:

Publication of the Retraction Document
" I have records expressing that before
Former senator Fransisco Rodrigo wrote he confronted demise, Rizal advised his
an article entitled "Rizal Abjured sister Narcisa to peer inside his shoes
since he had left a letter. As indicated
Masonry".In this article, he answered the by Fernandez, that letter must be a
claim of some people that the Church forswearing of his withdrawal on the
grounds that Rizal realized the monks
pronounced the retraction of Rizal only in were deceiving the Filipinos and he
needed to put any misinformation to
1935. He said that the claim was wrong." rest".
The full text of the retraction was
- A companion of Baron Fernandez,
published in all the local newspapers on consequently purchased from Fernande
the very next day after Rizal's execution" the Intellectual Property right to the
vauable compositions.
On February 28, 1897, a pamphlet Morato said in his "uncover" that the
entitled "La Politica de Espania en ministers produced the withdrawal letter
and distributed in the Clerico-Fascist
Filipinas" was published. papers around then. Morato affirmed
"No, Rizal never withdrawn albeit that
phony withdrawal was distributed by
Rizal's Marriage to Josephine Bracken
ministers at that point is still tragically
It is said that the said marriage between hawked in most school, yet that isn't
correct."
Rizal and Bracken was another
circumstantial evidence of the retraction Both Morato and Fernandez have
records to demonstrate that when Rizal
of Rizal. was in Dapitan, he was permitted to go
to Cebu with Josephine Bracken and
Archbishop of Cebu, around then,
Rizal's Dedication to Josephine attempted to hang marriage and
Bracken persuaded him to withdraw.
Shortly after the execution on the
morning of December 30, 1896, Rizal
gave Josephine a book entitled"The
Imitation of Christ" by Thomas A.
Kempis.
Notarized Testimonies
Fr. Balaguer (notarized August 8,

1917)
...I had with me Rizal's retraction and
delivered the document to the Reverend
Pio Pi...
Fr. Visa (notarized May 22, 1916

...Rizal wrote and signed in his own
handwriting in my presence the
document of retraction
Fr. Rosell (notarized April 27, 1917)

.. I recall that on the same day that Rizal
was executed, I saw in the Ateneo his
retraction..
The Con's of the Retraction

Forged Documents
Catholic Hierarchy's Document
In the 1950s, Claro M. Recto proposed

the Rizal Bill.
The Catholic Hierarchy issued an

article Statement of the Catholic
Hierarchy of the Philippines.
"No evidence on the gigantic fraud has

been more incriminating than the
Catholic Hierarchy's copy itself.
Arguments Against Dr.Otley Beyer

"Beyer had made a postwar press
statement that the document...was
destroyed during the battle for the
liberation of Manila..." claimed the anti-
restrictionists. In short, Otley Beyer said
that the document was lost, but the
Hierarchy claimed to have possessed it,
still intact.
Josephine Bracken's Autobiography

the 700-word autobiography of Josephine
was another document used to support
the veracity of Rizal's Retraction.
Another Argument AgainstRetraction

"the document that was supposed to
contain Rizal's handwritten retraction is
fake because it was written by a forger
who used as his model Rizal's unsigned
retraction which he wrote in Dapitan in
order to marry Josephine."
The Retraction Formula
I declare myself a catholic. I wish to live
and die a Catholic. I retract with all my
heart all that I have said, written, and
done against the Church. I believe and
profess whatever the Church teaches and
I submit to whatever the Church
demands; and second, I abominate
Masonry, which is an enemy of the
Church and as a society prohibited by the
Church...
Short Formula
I declare myself a Catholic, I wish to live
and die a catholic. I retract with all my
heart all that I have said, written, and
done against the Church and our Lord
Jesus Christ. The Diocesan may publish
this retraction, which I make
spontaneously, to repair as much as
possible the scandal produced by my
writings and my acts.
the short formula omitted the 2

declarations:
1. I believe and profess whatever the

Church teaches and I submit to whatever
the Church demands and;
2. I abominate Masonry, which is an

enemy of the Church and as a society
prohibited by the Church.
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Lyka Lopez

Instruction: Identify the conflicting views the “Rizal retraction”

Rizal's retraction controversy

Evidence: Rizal Retracted Rizal did not Retract

Rizal's Exile in Dapitan Rizal did not withdraw. Various

Rizal responded saying: Morato said in his "uncover" that the

Circumstantial Evidence Fernandez said:

Fr. Balaguer (notarized August 8,

Fr. Visa (notarized May 22, 1916

Fr. Rosell (notarized April 27, 1917)

The Con's of the Retraction

In the 1950s, Claro M. Recto proposed

The Catholic Hierarchy issued an

"No evidence on the gigantic fraud has

Arguments Against Dr.Otley Beyer

Josephine Bracken's Autobiography

Another Argument AgainstRetraction

the short formula omitted the 2

1. I believe and profess whatever the

2. I abominate Masonry, which is an

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