Kartilya ng

Katipunan
GEC 2

JAMESEL
VILLARUZ
INSTRUCTOR
● The Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak
ng Bayan (KKK) or Katipunan is arguably the most important
organization formed in Philippine history. While anti-colonial
movements, efforts, and organizations had already been established
centuries prior to the foundation of the katipunan, it was only this
organization that envisioned
 
1) a united Filipino nation that would revolt against the Spaniards for
 
(2) the total independence of the country from Spain.
EMILIO  widely recognised as the
JACINTO "Brains of the Katipunan,“

On 15 April 1897 Bonifacio

appointed Jacinto as a
commander of the Katipunan
in Northern Luzon.

write The document (Kartilya

nang Katipunan) in 1896.
The Kartilya can be treated
as the Katipunan's code of
conduct. It contains
fourteen (14) rules that
instruct the way a
Katipunero should behave,
and which specific values
should he uphold.
 Decalogue of the Katipunan
Originally titled (Duties of the Sons of the People)"
was never published because Bonifacio believed that Jacinto's Kartilya was
superior to what he had
made.

1. Love God with all your heart.

2. Bear always in mind that the love of God is also the love of country, and this, too, is
love of one's fellowmen.

3. Engrave in your heart that the true measure of honor and happiness is to die for the
freedom of your country.

4. All your good wishes will be crowned with success if you have serenity, constancy,
reason and faith in all your acts and endeavor.

5. Guard the mandates and aims of the K.K.K. as you guard your honor.
6. It is the duty of all to deliver, at the risk of their own lives and wealth. anyone who
runs great risks in the performance of his duty.

7. Our responsibility to ourselves and the performance of our duties will be the
example set for our fellowmen to follow.

8. Insofar as it is within your power, share your means with the poor and the
unfortunate.

9. Diligence in the work that gives sustenance to you is the true basis of love—love for
yourself, for your wife and children, for your brothers and countrymen.

10. Punish any scoundrel and traitor and praise all good work. Believe, likewise, that
the aims of the K.K.K. are God given, for the will of the people is also the will of God.
 TEACHINGS OF THE KATIPUNAN OF
THE SONS OF THE PEOPLE
1. A life that is not dedicated to a noble and divine cause is like a tree without a shade,
if not, a poisonous weed.

2. A deed that is motivated by self-interest or self-pity and done without sincerity lacks
nobility.

3. True piety is the act of being charitable, loving one's fellowmen, and being
judicious in behavior, speech and deed.

4. We are all equal, regardless of the color of their skin; while one could have more
education, wealth or beauty than the other, none of them can overpass one's identity.

5. A person with a noble character values honor above self-interest, while a person
with a base character values self-interest above honor.
6. To a man with a sense of shame, his word is inviolate.

7. Do not waste your time; lost wealth can be retrieved, but time lost is lost forever.

8. Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.

9. A wise man is someone who is careful in all that he says; learn to keep the things
that need to be kept secret.

10. In the thorny path of life, the man leads the way and his wife and children follow;
If the leader goes the way of evil, so do the followers.

11. Never regard a woman as an object for you to trifle with; rather you should
consider her as a partner and a friend in times of need: Give proper considerations to a
woman's frailty and never forget that your own mother, who brought you forth and
nurtured you from infancy, is herself such a person.
12. Do not do to the wife, children and brothers and sisters of others what you do not want
others to do to your wife, children and brothers and sisters.

13. A (person's) worth is not measured by his/her status in life, neither by the length of his nose
nor the fairness of skin, and certainly not by whether he is a priest claiming to be God's deputy.
Even if he is a tribesman/tribeswoman from the hills and speaks only his/her own tongue, a
(person) is honorable if he/she possesses a good character, is true to his/her word, has fine
perceptions and is loyal to his/her native land.

14. When these teachings shall have been propagated and the glorious sun of freedom begins to
shine on these poor islands to enlighten a united race and people, then all the loves lost , all the
struggle and sacrifices shall not have been in vain.