Group 2 The Retraction of Rizal and The Cry of Balintawak
Group 2 The Retraction of Rizal and The Cry of Balintawak
Group 2 The Retraction of Rizal and The Cry of Balintawak
• Jose Rizal is identified as a hero of the revolution for his writings that center on
ending colonialism and liberating Filipino minds to contribute to creating the
Filipino nation.
-It is understandable, therefore, that any piece of writing from Rizal that
recants everything he wrote against the friars and the Catholic Church in the
Philippines could deal heavy damage to his image as a prominent Filipino
revolutionary.
“ I declare myself a catholic and in this religion in which I was born and educated I
wish to live and die.
1. The first was published in La Vaz Española and Diario de Manila on the day of
the execution, 30 December 1896
-Katipuneros showed great appreciation of his work toward the same goals
At 10:00, Señor Andrade left death row and Rizal spoke for long while with
the Jesuit fathers, March and Vilaclara, regarding religious matters, it seems.
At 3 in the afternoon, father March entered the chapel and Rizal handed him
what he had written.
At 5 in the morning of the 30th, the lover of Rizal arrived at prison dressed in
mourning
• The document of the retraction of jose rizal, is being hotly debated as to its
authenticity.
• It was supposed to have been signed by jose rizal moments before his death. There
were many witnesses, most of them Jesuits. The document only surfaced for public
viewing on May 13, 1935. it was found by Fr. Manuel A. Gracia at the Catholic
hierarchy’s archive in manila. But the original document was never shown to the
public , only reproductions of it.
• However, Fr. Pio pi, a Spanish Jesuit, reported that as early as 1907, the retraction
of rizal was copied verbatim and published in Spain, and reprinted in Manila. Fr.
Gracia, who found the original document, also copied it verbatim
• In both reproduction, there were conflicting version of the text. Add
to this the date of the signing was very clear in the original Spanish
document which Rizal supposedly signed. The date was “December
29, 1890.’’
• To this day, the retraction issue is still raging like a wild fire in the forest of the
night.
• Others would like to believe that the purported retraction of Rizal was invented
by the friars to deflect the heroism of Rizal which was centered on the friar
abuses.
• Incidentally, Fr. Pio Pi, who copied verbatim Rizal's retraction, also figured
prominently during the revolution. It was him, Andres Bonifacio reported, who
had intimated to Aguinaldo the cessation of agitation in exchange of pardon.
• There are also not a few people who believe that the autobiography of
Josephine Bracken, written on February 22, 1897 is also forged and
forged badly.
“CRY’’
• The term “cry’’ is translated from the Spanish el grito de rebellion or el
grito for short which means ‘cry for rebellion’.
• The revolt later grew in strength and spread and spread to 8 province
including:
• Represented by the eight rays of the sun in the present Filipino flag
WHEN AND WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?
• It is very surprising that there are various versions on the dates and
venues for the first cry. This controversy remains unsolved in the
Philippine history since different Filipinos have varying accounts as to
when where it happened.
4. GREGORIA DE JESUS
(The First cry)
6. After the pledge and tearing of cedulas, Andres Bonifacio returns to the
session hall and informs the leaders of what took place outside.
7. Despite their differences, they all voted for revolution and outside, the
people shouted "Long live the Philippine Republic!“
• There are two important events that had happened in the first cry. We have
here the first event: the tearing of community tax certificates/cedula which
was accompanied by patriotic shouts: "Viva la independencia Filipina!'or 'Long
Live Philippine independence!'
• DR. PIO VALENZUELA accounts the Cry of Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.
• GEN. SANTIAGO VIRATA ALVAREZ accounts the cry of Bahay Toro on August 24,
1896
• GEN. GUILLERMO MASANGKAY accounts the cry of Balintawak on August 26,
1896
• GREGORIA DE JESUS accounts the First cry on August 25, 1896
• Among the different versions of the first cry, the cry of balintawak or pugad
lawin is the most famous and debatable because of the reputation of the
historians who wrote it according to their sources.
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