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    Group 1: Retraction of Rizal

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    Rizal accepted a shorter retraction document prepared by the superior of the Jesuit Society in the Philippines shortly before his execution. According to eyewitness testimony from Father Vicente Balaguer, a Jesuit missionary friend of Rizal, he presented the retraction format to Rizal the day before his execution, and Rizal signed it. Additional evidence that Rizal retracted his statements against the Catholic Church includes a devotional book he dedicated to his wife and sisters on the day of his execution describing his wife as "my dear and unhappy wife."

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    Rizal accepted a shorter retraction document prepared by the superior of the Jesuit Society in the Philippines shortly before his execution. According to eyewitness testimony from Father Vicente Balaguer, a Jesuit missionary friend of Rizal, he presented the retraction format to Rizal the day before his execution, and Rizal signed it. Additional evidence that Rizal retracted his statements against the Catholic Church includes a devotional book he dedicated to his wife and sisters on the day of his execution describing his wife as "my dear and unhappy wife."

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    Rizal accepted a shorter retraction document prepared by the superior of the Jesuit Society in the Philippines shortly before his execution. According to eyewitness testimony from Father Vicente Balaguer, a Jesuit missionary friend of Rizal, he presented the retraction format to Rizal the day before his execution, and Rizal signed it. Additional evidence that Rizal retracted his statements against the Catholic Church includes a devotional book he dedicated to his wife and sisters on the day of his execution describing his wife as "my dear and unhappy wife."

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    Rizal accepted a shorter retraction document prepared by the superior of the Jesuit Society in the Philippines shortly before his execution. According to eyewitness testimony from Father Vicente Balaguer, a Jesuit missionary friend of Rizal, he presented the retraction format to Rizal the day before his execution, and Rizal signed it. Additional evidence that Rizal retracted his statements against the Catholic Church includes a devotional book he dedicated to his wife and sisters on the day of his execution describing his wife as "my dear and unhappy wife."

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    Group 1

    Retraction of Rizal
    What is Retraction?

     Retraction is defined as formally taking back


    something which was said or done. When a
    newspaper prints something incorrect and later
    takes back what they said and publishes an article
    saying they were wrong, this is an example of a
    retraction
     According to a testimony by Father Vicente Balaguer, a
    Jesuit missionary who befriended the hero during his
    exile in Dapitan, Rizal accepted a shorter retraction
    document prepared by the superior of the Jesuit Society
    in the Philippines, Father Pio Pi.
     We believe that Jose Rizal abjured masonry and
    retracted his statements against the Catholic church.
    The document presented is a strong evidence that Rizal
    had truly withdrawn in masonry and retracted.
     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 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, Fr. Manuel A. Garcia found a document of Rizal’s
    retraction.Isn’t the account of eye witness not enough
    to proof of retraction?
     ilang oras bago siya barilin, pinirmahan daw ni Rizal ang isang
    dokumento na nagsasabing siya raw ay isang Katoliko at
    binabawi niya lahat ng kanyang mga sinulat laban sa simbahan.
    Nakilala ang dokumento bilang ang retraktasyon, “The
    Retraction.” Dahil sa kanyang pagbabalik-loob sa simbahan,
    ikinasal sila ni Josephine Bracken, ang kanyang huling pag-ibig.
     binanggit ng guwardiya na bago dalhin sa Luneta si Rizal,
    ikinasal siya kay Josephine Bracken:
     “At 5 this morning of the 30th, the lover of Rizal arrived at the
    prison …dressed in mourning. Only the former entered the
    chapel, followed by a military chaplain whose name I cannot
    ascertain. Donning his formal clothes and aided by a soldier
    of the artillery, the nuptials of Rizal and the woman who had
    been his lover were performed at the point of death (in
    articulo mortis). After embracing him she left, flooded with
    tears.”
     The sworn statement of the eyewitnesses, like Fr.
    Balaguer, agreed that there was a retraction and
    marriage between the two. After this marriage, Rizal
    dedicated a Catholic devotional book to his two sisters,
    Josefa and Trinidad, as well as his wife, Josephine,
    which he mentioned “To my dear and unhappy wife,
    Josephine” Aren’t these books proof of Catholicism?
     We all know that Rizal is our national hero and one of
    those who fought for our country using his mind.
    Retraction is not bad at all, in fact, when Rizal did the
    Retraction, the people in the Philippines known and
    value him more. • Even rizal retracted or not it cannot
    change the fact of what he has already done and what
    his writings have already achieve.
    The End.
    Thank you!!

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