RETRACTION_OF_RIZAL_GROUP_3

Retraction of rizal

Did he? or did he not?

presented by group 3

Bernabe, Symon D. Ecaldre, Rujen Andrea E. Mendoza, Mike Mendoza m. Niemes, Francis Junel Regina, Frenzy B. Villa, Clarisse A.

ALL ABOUT RIZAL

He was a doctor, an artist, a writer, a genius, and a martyr.

He is the author of the two famous novels, the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

He is a man who willingly risked his life to fight against the Spanish brutality.

He was a multifaceted intellectual and political activist best known for his political writings, which stimulated the Philippine revolution and eventually led to his execution by Spanish colonizers.

Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

also known as Jose Rizal

Despite of all the good deeds of this man, there are still disputes among historians about Rizal's life to this date.

"A man who keeps his word, has no good cause of a sudden retraction."

This is where we are coming today, this is about the so-called "retraction" of Jose Rizal.

The following slides will show evidences and explain why Jose Rizal's alleged retraction isn't plausible.

IT WAS A FAKE DOCUMENT

Only copies of the original retraction document were able to made available to the public. After 39 years, Fr. Manuel A. Garcia discovered it (the original document) in the Manila archive of the Catholic heirarchy. Ricardo Pascual Ph.D. came to the conclusion that it was a fake in his book, "Rizal Beyond The Grave" There were also conflicting versions of the texts in its reproductions, especially the dates.

Original copy of the Retraction Paper discovered 39 years after the execution of Rizal

No MARRIAGE BETWEEN JOSE RIZAL AND JOSEPHINE BRACKEN

No SIGNS OF CONVERSION AND INTERNAL RELIGIOUS INTERVENTION

Fr. Victor Balaguer asserted that he conducted a marriage between Jose Rizal and Josephine Brackenthe time before Rizal's execution after Jose signed the retraction paper and issued a marriage certificate but, there were no marriage certificate found.

On Rizal's poem Mi último adiós, it can be seen that there a hint of bitterness with the lines, that is addressed to the Catholic church, signifying no retraction happened.

"Voy donde no hay esclavos, verdugos ni opresores, Donde la fe no mata, donde el que reina es Dios."

On the second to the last line of the poem, Josephine is described by Rizal as a "sweet stranger," and a "friend" indicating no marriage happened and that they were not couples.

"Adiós, dulce extranjera, mi amiga, mi alegría,"

THE RETRACTION ALONE IS NOT PLAUSIBLE

Furthermore, if Rizal died as a Catholic, why was his body buried along with the heretics outside the Paco cemetery? He also didn"t have any formal vigil and burial. His remains too were not placed inside a coffin!

Why would Rizal retract?Why would he sign the retraction paper that even if he signs it, he'd still be executed?

Rizal himself believed that there was a strong likelihood of fraud after his death, and that the prime mover in this would be the friar archbishop. It was the friars who were zealously seeking his retraction.

No letter of retraction was written by Jose Protacio Rizal. Instead, he composed "Mi Ultimo Adios," or "My Last Farewell," to his fatherland on the night before he was executed. Nothing in those phrases suggested a retraction. If he did write a retraction, it would somehow cast his works and writings in a terrible light, but the truth would still be there.

After signing the retraction, no attempt was made to save Rizal from the death penalty.Why can't the Catholic priests or friars save him if they really want to show that Jose Rizal retracted?

NO, JOSE RIZAL DID NOT RETRACT.

He refused to retract his two books, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, because he wanted to expose the Filipino people to the brutality of the Spanish government. One of the reasons why the Spaniards wanted Rizal to retract these two books. These books enlightened the Filipino people, sparking a revolution. Rizal proved that "the pen is mightier than the sword" by empowering his countrymen to fight for justice, thereby destroying an empire.

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