RON ANDREI MATIENZO LFCA122N007

DR. JOSE P. RIZAL’S RETRACTION

1897, in the fortnightly magazine in La Juventud; it came from an anonymous writer who
revealed himself fourteen years later as Fr. Balaguer. The "original" text was discovered
in the archdiocesan archives on May 18, 1935, after it disappeared for thirty-nine years
from the afternoon of the day when Rizal was shot. As we all know Jose Rizal is one of
the significant people in our Philippine History that made a great contribution to our
country especially in the coming of the Philippine Revolution. Rizal is known for his
nationalism and he is against the leadership and influence of the Spaniards. He wrote 2
novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, to rebel against the injustices done by
the Spaniards in the Philippines. The retraction of Jose Rizal is one of the controversial
issues in our Philippine History. The issues of Jose Rizal was his alleged retraction
which was all about his reversion to the Catholic Faith and all other issues linked to it
such as his marriage to Josephine Bracken. Some issues was claimed to be true by the
Roman Catholic defenders but asserted to be deceptive by anti-retractonists. They
claim that the retraction document is a forgery, but handwriting experts concluded a long
time ago that it is genuine. Hence The debate begins on whether Rizal retracted or not.
The first text was published in La Voz Española and Diaro de Manila on the very day of
Rizal’s execution, Dec. 30, 1896. The second text appeared in Barcelona, Spain, on
February 14.