C RIZAL’S

H
A 9 GRAND
P TOUR OF
T
E EUROPE
R
WITH
VIOLA
REGIONAL FLORAL EXPOSITION
PROMETHEUS BOUND
HOW MANY MONTHS?

11
MONTHS!
ONLY!!!
DIAMOND STICK PIN
 BY MERE
OBSERVATION,
HOW CAN YOU
PROVE TO ME
THAT THE WORLD
IS NOT FLAT?
 Renaissance
 Religion vs. Science
 Copernicus
 Galileo
 TRADITIONS (CHURCH): EARTH AS CENTER OF THE
UNIVERSE
 Psalm 93:1, Psalm 96:10, 1 Chronicles 16:30
 “the world is firmly established, it cannot be
moved.”
 Psalm 104: 5
 “the Lord set the earth on its foundations; it
can never be moved.”
 Ecclesiastes 1:5
 “and the sun rises and sets and returns to its
place”
 Heliocentrism (telescope) vs. Geocentrism
 Copernicus: parallax
 Heresy = imprisoned
 as the viewpoint moves side to side,
 CLOSE = faster,
 FAR = slower.
 The planet moves faster when nearer the Sun.
NA-FORWARD
KO NA!

THANK YOU!!!
 ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH (MEDIEVAL
AGES):
 “inquiry on heretical
perversity”
 justice system of the Roman
Catholic Church whose aim
was:
 to "fight against heretics”
 Except:
 El Liberal
 mockery is not
consistent with
human dignity
 CAPITOLIUM
 Tarpeian Rock: execution site
CHAPTER 10:
FIRST
HOMECOMING
 WARNING OF
PACIANO
 Noli Me Tangere:
uproar it caused
among friars
 not to return
home.
 PERSISTENCE TO
RETURN HOME:
 To operate on his
mother’s eyes
 To serve his people
 To find out = Noli and
his other writings were
affecting Filipinos and
Spaniards
 To inquire why Leonor
Rivera remained silent
 He found Manila the
same as when he left it 5
years ago
 the same holes in the
roads
 In Calamba, Rizal established a
medical clinic
 mother
 “Doctor Uliman”
 professional fees/gratis to the
poor
 After 6 months = P5000
 he opened a
gymnasium
 tried to interest his
town mates in
gymnastics,
fencing and
shooting
 to discourage
cockfights and
gambling.
 Rizal suffered one failure
during his 6 months of sojourn
in Calamba:
 His failure to see Leonor
Rivera
 He tried to go to Dagupan,
 but his parents absolutely
forbade him to go because
Leonor’s mother did not
like him for a son-in-law
 Marriages must be
arranged by the parents of
both groom and bride
 Gov. Gen. Emilio Terrero

Malacañang Palace Noli = subversive ideas

Jose: not subversive > only the TRUTH

Governor: asked for a copy

Wrong?> Don Jose Taviel de Andrade Body guard

Fr. Federico Faura, S. J.

Faculty of UST Truth: you may lose your head
Heretical & subversive

Dissatisfaction of Terrero Permanent Commission of Censorship

Fr. Salvador Font
Mass imprisonment?
Prohibition = subversive

Effect = Public Curiosity/ Interest

 Augustinian, Fr. Jose Rodriguez published
8 pamphlets under the heading of:
“Questions of Supreme Interest”
 Why should I not read them?
 Beware of them. Why?
 And what can you tell me of plague?
 Why do the impious triumph?
 Do you think there is no really
purgatory?
 Is there or is there no hell?
 What do you think of these libels?
 Confession or damnation?
 Pamphlets: sold daily in the churches after
mass.
 Many Filipinos were forced to buy them
in order not to displease the friars
 Rev. Vicente Garcia vs Fr. Rodriguez
 Rizal cannot be an ignorant man
 Rizal does not attack the Church
and Spain
 bad Spanish officials and not
Spain, and the bad and
corrupt friars and not the
Church.
 Fr. Rodriguez said that those who
read the Noli Commit a mortal
sin;
 Rodriguez had read the novel,
therefore he also commits a
mortal sin
Gov. Gen. Emilio Terrero Investigation : Friar Estates Land taxes/ tenant relations

Influence of Noli Profits Arbitrary increase: rentals

Findings of Rizal contribution

fiesta
education
Improvement: agriculture
 friars asked the Governor
General Terrero to deport Jose,
but the latter refused
because there was no valid
charge against Jose in court.
 Jose was compelled to leave
Calamba for 2 reasons:
 His presence was
jeopardizing the safety and
happiness of his family and
friends
 He could fight better his
enemies and serve his
country’s cause with greater
efficacy by writing in foreign
countries.
CHAPTER 11:
HONGKONG AND
MACAU
 He was 21:
 first time to leave the country in search
of wisdom with beautiful dreams of
emancipating his people from bondage
by the power of his pen
 He was 27:
 as forced to leave the country for a
second time
 Letter to Blumentritt in Hong Kong:
 At last I can write freely. At last I can
express my thoughts without fear of
censorship from the chief.
 Jose Sainz de Varanda
 shadowed Rizal’s movement in
Hongkong
 Noisy celebration of the
Chinese New Year which
lasted from Feb. 11-13
 The Dominican Order was the
richest religious order in Hong
Kong.
 It engaged actively in
business
 It owned more than 700
houses for rent and many
shares in foreign banks
 It had millions of dollars
deposited in the banks