THE TESTIMONY OF

EYEWITNESSES

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 REVEREND VICENTE
BALAGUER LLACER,
S.J.

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 “ B u t F a t h e r, w h a t w o u l d y o u h a v e m e d o , s i n c e i t s e e m s t h a t I
cannot dominate my reason?”

I a n s w e r e d , “ O f f e r, O f f e r t o G o d t h e s a c r i f i c e o f y o u r s e l f - l o v e .
Even if its be against the voice of your reason, ask God the grace
of the faith, in which is a gift the God bestows abundantly and is
o b t a i n e d i n f a l l i b l y b y h u m b l e a n d p e r s e v e r i n g p r a y e r. O n l y o n
your part, you should not reject it.”

H e s a i d , “ We l l t h e n f a t h e r , I p r o m i s e y o u t h a t I w i l l s p e n d t h e
time that still remains of my life, asking God for the grace of
faith.”

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 GASPER CASTAO Y
 
GONZALEZ-AL-BERU

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 “ In a spe c i al and c onc lusiv e manne r he abj ure d Masonry.”

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 REVEREND ANTONIO
ROSELL Y GINESTET,
S.J.

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 DAILY PAPER OF
MANILA

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 “ D r. R i z a l c e r t a i n l y d i e d a C a t h o l i c . ”

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 THE TESTIMONY
OF HISTORIANS
AND WRITERS

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 MANUEL SASTRON

DON MANUEL GARCIA- BARZANALLANA

A G L I PAYA N B I S H O P S

V I R I ATO D I A Z - P E R E Z

R E V E R E N D F R . S E R A P I O TA M AY O , O . P.

W E N C E S L A O E . R E TA N A

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 RIZAL’S HOLOGRAPH

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 “No document, hence no retraction, therefore, no conversion.”

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 FATHER MANUEL A.
GRACIA

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 “The retraction and other documents of so many Filipino
freemasons and heroes who came back to the bosom of mother
church, were in my hands.”

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 DR. H. OTLEY BEYER

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 “I came to the conclusion based on indisputable evidence, that
the document in question is genuine.”

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 DR. JOSE I. DEL
ROSARIO

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 “ I n c o n c l u s i o n , i n t h i s p a r t i c u l a r c a s e o f t h e r e t r a c t i o n o f D r.
Jose Rizal, which has been suspected in some quarters as being
forged document, all indications and symptoms show that it is a
g e n u i n e , a u t h e n t i c o l d d o c u m e n t , w r i t t e n a n d s i g n e d b y D r. J o s e
Rizal, and I have found nothing in it to indicate that it may be a
forged or spurious document.”

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 RAFAEL PALMA

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 MR. RICARDO
PASCUAL

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 kahit pa may naganap na retraksyon noon kay Rizal o wala…

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 “Surely whether Rizal died as a Catholic or an apostate or
detracts nothing from his greatness as a Filipino, Catholic or
Mason, Rizal is still Rizal. The hero who courted death to prove
who deny our patriotism that we know how to die for our daily
and our beliefs.”

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THANK YOU