RETRACTION-OF-RIZAL the legend of writers

Rizal point

1. Below: The controversal retraction of Jose Rizal he was executed in Bagumbayan. Dr.Ambeth Ocampo affirmed the authenticity of this letter.

2. What is Retraction? Retraction is a formal withdrawal or taking back of a previously stated opinion, belief, or statement. In historical and religious contexts, it often refers to a public or official declaration that a person no longer supports a certain position or belief—especially one considered controversial or heretical.

3. Jose Rizal’s Retraction Jose Rizal’s retraction refers to the alleged document signed by Dr. José Rizal the night before his execution (December 29, 1896), in which he supposedly renounced his criticisms of the Catholic Church and re-affirmed his Catholic faith.

4. I declare myself a Catholic and in this Religion in which I was born and educated I wish to live and die. I retract with all my heart and whatever in my words, writings, publications, and conduct has been contrary to my character as son of the Catholic Church. I believe and I confess whatever she teaches, and I submit to whatever she demands. I abominate Masonry, as the enemy which is of the Church, and as a society prohibited by the Church. The Diocesan Prelate may, as the superior Ecclesiastical Authority, make public this spontaneous manifestation of mine in order to repair sa scandal which my acts may have caused and so that God and people may pardon me . The Chief of the Picket Juan del Fresno Adjudant of the Plaza Eloy Moure

5. Four reasons why Dr.Jose Rizal retracted: 1. To save his family and town further persecution. 2. To give Josephine Bracken a legal status as his wife. 3. To secure reforms form the Spanish Government. 4. To help the church cut away from the disease which harmed her .

6. According to Uckung (2012), he explained the controversial in his NHCP article , The Rizal Retraction and Other Case: "The document of the retraction of Jose Rizal, too, 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 in public , just the reproductions of it.

7. However, Fr. Pio Pi, a Spanish Jesuit, reported as clearly 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 reproductions, there were conflicting versions of the text. Add to this the date of signing was very clear in the original Spanish document which Rizal supposedly signed the date was on "December 29, 1890."

8. Later, another supposedly original document surfaced, it bares the date "December 29, 189C" . The number "0" was evidently altered to make it look like a letter C. Then still later, another supposedly original version came up. It has the date "December 29, 1896" . This time, the "0" became a "6". Those who strongly believed the faking of the Rizal retraction document, reported that the Rizal's signature was Roman Roque, the man who also forged the signature of Urban Lacuna , which was used to capture Aguinaldo.

9. The master mind, they say, in both Lacuna's and Rizal's signature forging was Lazaro Segovia. They were approached by Spanish friars during the final day of the Filipino-American was to forge Rizal's signature. This story was revealed by Antonio K. Abad , who heard the tale from Roman Roque himself, them being neighbors. To this day, the retraction issue is still raging like a wildfire in the forest of the night.

10. Others would like to believe that purported retraction of Rizal was invented by the friars to deflect the heroism of Rizal which was centered of 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.

11. 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. The document supposedly written by Josephine herself supported the fact that they were married under the Catholic rites. But upon closer look, there is a glaring difference between the penmanship of the document , and other letters written by Josephine to Rizal.

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