RETRACTION RIZAL

• is the act of taking back an offer or statement, or admitting that a statement was false. It is a statement in which you admit that something you said or wrote previously was wrong.

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• jose p. rizal

  Born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna
• jose p. rizal

  Author of two famous books: Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) and El Filibusterismo (The Rebel)
• jose p. rizal

  Wrote 'Mi Ultimo Adios' (My Last Farewell) on his last hours

  Died on December 30, 1896
• Rev. Bernardino Nozaleda, the Archbishop of Manila, recalled: “During that day, although Rizal did not reject [the Jesuits], he persisted in his errors contrary to the Catholic faith.… However, at the last hour, Rizal abjured, in writing, his religious errors.”
• On May 18, 1935, 39 years after it had vanished the day Rizal was shot, the "original" copy of Rizal's "retraction" was discovered in the archdiocesan archives
• rizal's text of retraction

  The first text was published on December 30, 1896, the day of Rizal's execution, in La Voz Española and Diario de Manila.
• The second text appeared in Barcelona, Spain, on February 14, 1897, in the fortnightly magazine La Juventud; it was written by an unnamed author who revealed himself fourteen years later as Fr. Balaguer.
• The third text which is said to be the "original" text was discovered by Father Manuel Garcia, C.M. on May 18, 1935, almost four decades, 39 years to be exact, of his disappearance.
• The fourth text is the short formula of the retraction which appeared in El Imparcial on the day after Rizal’s execution.
• He joined the Society of Jesus on July 30, 1890 and went to the Philippines in 1894.

  He was assigned to Ateneo Municipal. 


  fr. vicente balaguer
• One of the Jesuit priests who visited Rizal during his last hours in Fort Santiago claimed that he managed to persuade Rizal to denounce Masonry and return to the Catholic fold. 


  fr. vicente balaguer
• According to his testimony, Rizal woke up several times, confessed four times, attended a mass, received communion, and prayed the rosary, all of which seem out of character. 


  fr. vicente balaguer
• Fr. Vicente Balaguer and Fr. Jose Villaclara arrived in Jose Rizal's prison cell in Fort Santiago. 


  Decermber 29, 2896 at 10:00 AM
• The Jesuit priest continued on persuading Rizal to retract until sunset but Rizal still refused.


  DECEMBER 29, 1896 AT 3:00 P.M
• FR. BALAGUER AND FR. VILLACLARA SHOWED RIZAL THE TWO RETRACTION TEMPLATES FR. PIO PI GAVE THE JESUIT PRIESTS. HOWEVER, RIZAL FOUND THE FIRST TEMPLATE UNACCEPTABLE


  DECEMBER 29, 1896 AT 10:00 P.M
• Superior of the Jesuits in the Philippines in 1896 


  FATHER PIO PI Y VIDAL, S.J.
• He was a writer, lawyer, educator, politician, and a famous freemason.

  Wrote the "Biografia de Rizal" (Biography of Rizal) which won a Commonwealth Government sponsored literary contest in 1938. 


  rafael palma
• ACCORDING TO RAFAEL PALMA, RIZAL DID NOT RETRACT
• He was a British civil servant, a writer, and a traveler.

  He wrote and published a book entitled, "Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr'' by Oxford University Press in 1956. 


  Austin coates