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The document discusses the debate around whether Jose Rizal retracted statements against the Catholic Church and renounced Freemasonry prior to his execution. Both sides present arguments and evidence to support their positions. The key points of contention are the authenticity of the retraction document, whether Rizal married Josephine Bracken as a condition of the retraction, and Rizal's views on religion later in life. Eyewitness accounts and analyses of Rizal's writings are used as evidence to argue both that he did and did not retract prior to his death.

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Debate: Retraction of Rizal: Shirly Mae P. Gumaru Bscrim-1 Alpha

The document discusses the debate around whether Jose Rizal retracted statements against the Catholic Church and renounced Freemasonry prior to his execution. Both sides present arguments and evidence to support their positions. The key points of contention are the authenticity of the retraction document, whether Rizal married Josephine Bracken as a condition of the retraction, and Rizal's views on religion later in life. Eyewitness accounts and analyses of Rizal's writings are used as evidence to argue both that he did and did not retract prior to his death.

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SHIRLY MAE P.

GUMARU BSCRIM-1 ALPHA

PHILIPPINE HISTORY

Debate: Retraction of Rizal

MOTION: This House believes that the acts of Rizal before the said execution have
caused renouncement in Masonry and Retraction Against Catholic Church.

Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen we, the Government side, believe that Jose
Rizal abjured masonry and retracted his statements against the Catholic Church. The
document presented to the public is a strong evidence that Rizal had truly with
drawn in masonry and retracted. Let us first address the documents, First the letter
of Rizal to his mother received on January 5, 1893. The letter says that Rizal have
been going to church every Sunday in Dapitan. Doesn’t this show that Rizal had truly
returned to the Church. Next, the testimony of the eyewitness. Father Balaguer who
was with Rizal and presented the retraction format prepared by Father Pio Pi, the
superior of Jesuit Society in the Philippines, before the execution. He stated that on
December 29, 1896, day before the execution, Rizal have accepted and signed the
document on May 13, 1935. Father Manuel A. Garcia found a document of Rizal’s
Retraction isn’t the account of the eyewitness not enough proof of retraction?

In your argument of the forgery of documents, it is also reasoned out in that same
side that what the archbishop and Father Pi saw was not the original document of
retraction. And the original document, which was almost eaten by termites, was kept
by friars for preservation.

MOTION: The Marriage between Jose Rizal and Josephine Bracken

The Retraction is a significant document because it established the act of Marriage


between Jose Rizal and Josephine Bracken. In Dapitan, the condition to them to be
wedded was the retraction “NO RETRACTION, NO MARRIAGE”. In other words, Rizal
could never marry Josephine unless he retracted first and the sworn statement of the
eyewitness, like Father Balaguer, agreed that there was a retraction and marriage
between the two. Moreover, after his marriage Rizal dedicated a Catholic Devotional
Book to his two sisters, Josefa and Trinidad. As well as his wife, Josephine, which in
his dedication mentioned. “TO MY DEAR AND UNHAPPY WIFE, JOSEPHINE”. Aren’t
these book proof of Catholicism? In addition, he said in his letter “I abominate
Masonry as an enemy of the church and a society prohibited by the church”. He used
the word “abominate” which means to detest in the highest degree abhor.
In this case, he used a stronger language than “I Retract Masonry”. Likewise, Rizal
was suspected of rebellion, sedition, and illegal association against Spanish
Government. The retraction document isn’t related to what he was accused of and as
a consequence, it does not save him from execution.

With regards to no documents of the marriage and having been not mentioned of
Josephine in Rizal’s Writings, it is explained in Garcia’s account in his book. The Great
Debate: Rizal Retraction, that Father Manuel A. Garcia found or discovered the
retraction letter including the marriage certificate of Josephine and Rizal. It is also
explained why Josephine was not mentioned in Rizal’s Writings as his wife. It is
because they were married before the execution or earlier, their marriage. Moreso,
Rizal’s Mi Ultimo Adios, the last official writing of Rizal, was written a day or so before
the execution, in other words, before the marriage.

It is possible that Rizal was not buried in a Roman Catholic Church was because he
was already accused as a traitor against the Spanish ever though we, Filpinos, know
that he is not. It is logical to think that the Spaniards didn’t want an enemy to be
buried with decency and Rizal was no exemption to that. In conclusion, Rizal truly
abjured Masonry and retracted his affiliation against the Catholic Church for the
reason that Masonry is the enemy and prohibited by the Church and Rizal was
starting to return to his church. In this case, Rizal did not fight the Catholic Religion,
rather he fought those who abused the religion and the manner that the friars
practiced during that time. All of these reasons are proved and evidenced by
documents presented and found by people as well as the statements testified by
eyewitness.
Debate: Retraction of Rizal

Ang proposisyon ay nagkaroon ng retraksyon si Rizal noong ika-tatlumpu ng


Disyembre at labing walo't siyam na put anim

Mariin naming pinaniniwalaan na ang dokumentong retraksyon ni rizal ay hindi isang


produkto ng pagsisinungaling. Maliban sa mga saksi na nakakita ng aktwal na
pangyayari. Isa ring malaking ebidensya ang pagpapatotoo ng isang eksperto sa sulat
kamay ni Rizal sa dokumento ito ay sina professor Beyer, Dr. Del Rosario at ni Teodoro
Kalaw isang eksperto sa mga sulat ni Rizal. Gayunpaman, ang retraksyon ni Rizal ay
kinapapalooban ng mga kondisyon na siyang naging dahilan upang siya'y tumalikwas
sa kaniyang mga sinabi at mga kasulatan.

Isa na rito ang kaligtasan ng kaniyang pamilya sa pag-uusig ng mga Español.


Pagpapakasal sa kanila ng kaniyang nobyang si Josephine Bracken at masigurado ang
pangakong reporma ng pamahalaang Español sa mga Pilipino.

Tumungo naman tayo sa kasalang Rizal at Bracken dahil sa retraksyon.

Ang aming panig ay sumasang-ayon na nagkaroon ng retraksyon si Rizal bago ang


kaniyang pagkamatay noong Disyembre 1986 (labing siyam at walong put anim) kung
walang retraksyon wala ring kasalan na magaganap ito ang kondisyong pinagdiinan
kay Rizal. Si Rizal ay nagpakasal sa babaeng nag ngangalang Josephine Bracken sa
selda dalawang oras bago patayin si Rizal. Ang kasalang naganap ay binanggit din ni
Bracken sa huling talata ng kaniyang talaarawan. Bukod dito ang liham din ni Rizal sa
kaniyang kapatid na si Maria ay naglalaman ng kaniyang pagbibigay impormasyon sa
kapatid sa kaniyang pagpapakasal kay Bracken.

Kaniyang isinaad sa liham ang berso ng bibliya na nagsasabing ang kasalanan ng isang
ama ay maipapasa sa kaniyang kasunod na henerasyon.

Noong una isinulat ni Rizal ang Tulang "Ultimo Adios" December 29, 1896 kung saan
ang kasal na aming sinasabi ay naganap noong December 30, 1896 ilang oras bago
patayin si Rizal.
Higit pa roon sa nalalabing oras ni Rizal ay kaniyang ibinigay ang isang libro kay
Bracken kung saan nakasulat ang mga katagang "sa aking mahal at malungkot na
asawa".

Pangalawa, ang mga heswitang nasa paligid ni Rizal ay sumusunod lamang sa


Dominikanong Arsobispo na ang hangad lamang ay ang retraksyon.

Isang bagay rin kung bakit hindi nagkaroon ng opisyal na dokumento ng kasal si Rizal
at Bracken.

Sapagkat natuklasan ni Padre Balaguer na si Bracken ay may planong sumapi sa


rebelyon sa Cavite.

At para sa huling paksa, patungkol sa Relihiyon.

Ang aming panig ay naniniwalang si Rizal ay sumang-ayon sa retraksyon dahil


kaniyang pinapahalagahan ang relihiyon noon pa man.

Ilan sa mga ebidensya rito ay:


Una, lumapit siya kay Father Obach upang hilingin na ikasal silang dalawa ni
Josephine Bracken.
Pangalawa, ay isang liham na isinulat niya para sa kaniyang kapatid na si Maria.
Pangatlo, ay ang apat na beses na pangungumpisal niya sa mga pari at may apat na
testigo ang nakasaksi rito. Ilan lamang sa mga ebidensyang nag-udyok kay Rizal
upang sumulat ng kaniyang sariling retraksyon na sinang ayunan nila ni Padre
Balaguer at Villafranca.

Narito ang mga ginawa na salungat sa kaniya bilang katoliko.

Isang halimbawa na rito ang pagiging miyembro niya ng Mason, kung saan kaniyang
sinasabi ito'y isang lipunan na hindi katanggap-tanggap sa simbahan.

Gayunpaman, hindi ang simbahang katoliko ang kaniyang tinutuligsa rito kundi ang
katolisismo ng ating bayan kung saan ang mga prayle ang namamahala upang
makapanakit at makapang abuso ng mga Pilipino.

Hindi ang mga prayle ang nag-utos na gawin ni Rizal ang retraksyon.
Ang kondisyon ay sinuring mabuti ni Rizal bago siya sumang-ayon at ilan sa mga ito ay
binago niya.

Aking pinapaalala lamang na dahil sa retraksyon na naganap, si Rizal ay nagkaroon ng


pagkakataon na magbalik loob sa simbahan at maikasal sa kaniyang pinakamamahal.

Sa tingin mo ba'y sa pagkatao ni Rizal siya'y magpapakababa at hipokritong


tatalikwas sa kaniyang mga prinsipyo. Si Rizal ay bayani kahit na siya'y nagkaroon ng
retraksyon.

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