Retraction of Rizal

RETRACTION
OF
RIZAL
Presented by:
Rose Jean I. Gallego
BSE MATH 1
RETRACTION
The act of retracting or the state of

being retracted. withdrawal of a promise,
statement and opinion.
DR. JOSE P RIZAL
• Was a Filipino nationalist and polymath

during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period
of the Philippines.
• He is tagged as the national hero of the
Filipino people.
• He was a multifaceted intellectual and a
political activist, best known for his political
writings that inspired the Philippine revolution
and ultimately led to his execution by the
Spanish colonizers.
PRIMARY SOURCE
• Documents
• Testimonies
The Retraction of Rizal
One of the most intriguing of all was

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. That
issue was claimed to be true by the
Roman Catholic defenders but asserted
to be deceptive by anti-retractionists.
They claim that the retraction document
is a forgery, but handwriting experts
concluded a long time ago that it is
genuine. Rafael Palma’s opus on Rizal,
titled “Biografia de Rizal” is so anti-
Catholic that the Church successfully
opposed its publication using
government funds.
The exact copy had been received by Fr.
Balaguer in the evening immediately
preceding Rizal's execution. Jose Rizal
with the addition of the names of the
witnesses taken from the texts of the
retraction in the Manila newspapers. Fr.
Pi's copy of Rizal's retraction has the
same text as that of Fr. Balaguer's "exact"
copy but follows the paragraphing of the
texts of Rizal's retraction in the Manila
newspapers. In order to marry Josephine,
Rizal wrote with the help of a priest a form
of retraction to be approved by the Bishop
of Cebu.
This incident was revealed by Fr.
Antonio Obach to his friend Prof. Austin
Craig who wrote down in 1912 what the
priest had told him; “The document (the
retraction), enclosed with the priest's
letter, was ready for the mail when Rizal
came hurrying I to reclaim it.“ Rizal
realized (perhaps, rather late) that he
had written and given to a priest what
the friars had been trying by all means
to get from him.
Surely whether Rizal died a Catholic or
an apostate adds or detracts nothing
from his greatness as a Filipino. It is
because of what he did and what he
was that we revere Rizal. Catholic or
Mason, Rizal is still Rizal: the hero who
courted death “to prove to those who
deny our patriotism that we know how to
die for our duty and our beliefs”
AUSTIN COATES’S CRITICAL ANALYSIS
 THE RETRACTION OF RIZAL DUBBED AS AN
ECCLESIASTICAL FRAUD. IT WAS THE FRIARS WHO WANTED
RIZAL’S RETRACTION
 THERE WAS NO SIGNED LETTER OF RETRACTION

BECAUSE RIZAL KNEW TOO WELL THE DAMAGE DUNCH THE
LETTER WOULD DO TO HIM
 IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THEY WOULD NOT GIVEN HIM

CHRISTIAN BURIAL WHICH THE TWO JESUITS AT THE EXECUTION
DIDN’T DO.
 RIZAL’S FAMILY FOUND DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT

RETRACTION OR MARRIAGE. THEY KNEW IT NE RETRACTED IN HIS
6 am COMMUNICATION WITH HIS MOTHER.
THE ANALYSIS OF RAFAEL PALMA
ACCORDING TO HIS ANALYSIS THE RETRACTION RIZAL IS

A HEARSAY WITH THE FOLLOWING REASONS :
1. THE DOCUMENT OF RETRACTION WAS KEPT SECRETS.
2. PETITIONS WERE DENIED AFTER THE RIZAL’S FAMILY ASKED

FOR THE ORIGINAL OR COPY BE THE RETRACTON DOCUMENT AS
WELL AS THE MARRIAGE CERTIRCATE WITH JOSEPHINE BRACKEN.
3. RIZALS BURIAL WAS KEPT SECRET.
4. NO MASSES WERE HELD OR FUNERAL HELD BY THE

CATHOLICS ON THE DEATH OF RIZAL.
5. HE WAS NOT BURIED JN THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN PACO.

THE ACCOUNT OF FR. PIO PI
ACCORDING TO HIS ACCOUNT. A LONG

DISCUSSION WITH FATHER BALAGUER HAPPENED
BEFORE RIZAL WILLINGLY SURRENDERED TO TURN
BACK TO CATHOLICISM
RIZAL FOUND CERTAIN OBJECTIONS WITH

FIRST COMPOSITION PRESENTED BY FR. BALGUER,
HIS WORK SATISFIED RIZAL AND MADE SOME LITTLE
MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT RIZAL’S OWN AND
SPONTANEOUS WORK, THEN WROTE IT WITH
RIZAL’S HAND AND SIGNED IT.
BENEATH RIZALS SIGNATURE THE CHIEF OF

THE PICKET, JUAN DEL FRESNO. AND THE
ADJUTANT OF THE PLAZA ,ELOY MOURE AS
WITNESSES
THE ACCOUNT OF FR. VICENTE
BALAGUER
ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT, RIZAL

ACCEPTED A SHORTER RETRACTION DOCUMENT
PREPARED BY THE SUPERIOR OF THE JESUIT
SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES, FATHER PIO PI .
RIZAL THEN WROTE HIS RETRACTION AFTER

MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS IN THE DOCUMENT IN
HIS RETRACTION. HE DISAVOWED MASONRY AND
RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS THAT OPPOSED CATHOLIC
BELIEF.
THE RETRACTION WAS SIGNED
TOGETHER WITH DR. RIZAL BY SEÑOR FRESNO,
CHIEF OF THE PICKET AHD SENOR MOURE,
ADJUTANT OF THE PLAZA.
HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO

SOLEMMIZED THE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPHINE
BRACKEN AND RIZAL HOURS BEFORE
EXECUTION
THANK
YOUUUU!

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RETRACTION

The act of retracting or the state of

• Was a Filipino nationalist and polymath

One of the most intriguing of all was

 THERE WAS NO SIGNED LETTER OF RETRACTION

 IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THEY WOULD NOT GIVEN HIM

 RIZAL’S FAMILY FOUND DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT

ACCORDING TO HIS ANALYSIS THE RETRACTION RIZAL IS

1. THE DOCUMENT OF RETRACTION WAS KEPT SECRETS.

2. PETITIONS WERE DENIED AFTER THE RIZAL’S FAMILY ASKED

3. RIZALS BURIAL WAS KEPT SECRET.

4. NO MASSES WERE HELD OR FUNERAL HELD BY THE

5. HE WAS NOT BURIED JN THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN PACO.

ACCORDING TO HIS ACCOUNT. A LONG

RIZAL FOUND CERTAIN OBJECTIONS WITH

BENEATH RIZALS SIGNATURE THE CHIEF OF

ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNT, RIZAL

RIZAL THEN WROTE HIS RETRACTION AFTER

HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO

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