Rizals Retraction and arguments PDF

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RIZALS RETRACTION?As we all know Jose Rizal is one of the significant people in our Philippine History that made a great contribution to our country especially in the coming of the Philippine Revolution. Rizal is known for his nationalism and he is against the leadership and influence of the Spaniar...

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RIZALS RETRACTION? As we all know Jose Rizal is one of the significant people in our Philippine History that made a great contribution to our country especially in the coming of the Philippine Revolution. Rizal is known for his nationalism and he is against the leadership and influence of the Spaniards. He wrote 2 novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, to rebel against the injustices done by the Spaniards in the Philippines. The retraction of Jose rizal is one of the controversial issues in our Philippine History. The issues of Jose Rizal was his alleged retraction which was all about his reversion to the Catholic Faith and all other issues linked to it such as his marriage to Josephine Bracken. Some issue was claimed to be true by the Roman Catholic defenders but asserted to be deceptive by anti-retractonists. They claim that the retraction document is a forgery, but handwriting experts concluded a long time ago that it is genuine. Hence the debate begins on whether Rizal retracted or not. ARGUMENTS 1st So why do they want to retract? well, they wanted Rizal to retract because the writings of Jose Rizal made a greater impact wherein, he exposed the conditions of the Philippines, particularly the actions of the friars and the colonial officials, so the friars wanted to hide that fact. They wanted Jose Rizal to say that everything he said and wrote aren’t true, this is of course to basically obtain their status. 2nd If Rizal had really retracted then he would have been given the sacraments that was mentioned while ago. It means he would go back to his catholic faith. So, why is his body not handled in a catholic manner in the sense that he would be given some blessings, hold a mass, be buried in a catholic cemetery, so all of those did not happen. That is why scholars are skeptical about the retraction of Jose Rizal, Kasi sinasabi ng mga prayle nga the only reason that they wanted the Rizal to retract so that they can administer the catholic sacraments. So, this mean, this should have been accomplished. Because if Rizal really retracted and went back to his catholic faith then the manner of his death / execution should be really administered by the necessary sacraments. But it was not, nothing was given to Rizal in his death. Rizal’s burial is kept secret. 3rd argument, the original letter was not shown to the public. The only thing that were published are the copies of the letter but the original letter itself was not shown. If an original document is not shown to the public then it undermines the credibility. Like it weakens the truth that Rizal retract because the original copy is not there. Because no matter how much you state that there is really a letter and you can’t provide any real letter then your stand is not strong and your credibility is weak.

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