Statements of Various Accounts in Rizal's Retraction
Fr. Vicente Balaguer’s Statement
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On the 9th of December 1896, Fr. Vilaclara and
Fr. Vicente went to Santiago Fort, and Fr. Before ministering the sacraments to
him, Vicente conceives that Rizal must make a retraction of errors and a
confession of Catholic faith.
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It was donated by the Archbishop to Fr. Vicente,
Father Pio Pi Pii's formula of retraction and profession of faith His code of
religion, according to Rizal, is the word of God that can be seen in the Holy
Scriptures.
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Rizal declared himself as a rationalist freethinker.
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“Father, do not proceed. That style is different
from mine. I cannot sign that because it should be understood that I am writing
it myself.” –Rizal
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“That style is simple as mine. Don’t bother,
Father, to read it all. Dictate what I ought to profess and express, and I
shall write, making any case some remarks.”
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The retraction was signed together with Rizal by
Senor Fresno, Chief of the Picket and Senor Moure, Adjutant of Plaza. Father Balaguer testify that on the very
day of Rizal’s death he wrote everything and preserved the account that serve
as the data of presentation of his narration.
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Father Balaguer also reported that before Dr.
Rizal had reached Bagumbayan or Luneta today, he had gone to Ateneo and
delivered to Father Pio the aforementioned document, which he had taken to the
Palace on the same day and handed over to Archbishop Nozaleda.
Fr. Pio Pi
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Father Pio Pi Y Vidal', S. J.
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Superior in 1896 of the Jesuits in the
Philippines
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Provided an affidavit concerning his role in the
Retraction of Rizal Doctor Rizal published the account he made in Manila in
1909, La Muerte Cristianadel
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A Notarial Act signed in Barcelona on 7 April
1917 confirmed his account. Father Vicente Balaguer approved his shorter paper.
Fr. Pio Pi’s Statements
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A letter was received by the fathers in the
chapel for them to recognize and take care of Dr. Rizal, who is considered a
prisoner.
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Not because they are from the higher office, the
fathers adopted what is written in the letter, but because they want to save
the life of Dr. Rizal, their most eminent and cherished student.
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Father Pio Pi had not visited or spoken to Dr.
Rizal when he was in the chapel before being joined by other fathers to the
Bagumbayan chapel.
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The Bagumbayan is the place of execution of
Rizal.
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With Father Balaguer, Dr. Rizal had a long and
very interesting conversation.
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Rizal freely and fully yielded to his trust in
the lord and Christian feelings
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When the retraction was about to begin, there
was a disagreement between Balaguer and the Archbishop over the composition
they made.
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The alteration was written by Father Balaguer
and signed under the signature of Rizal, Picket Leader, Juan del Fresno and the
Plaza Adjutant, Eloy Moure, who was the Witness.
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Rizal took the document by his hand and knelt down
the altar of the chapel.
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Father Pio didn't know Rizal and didn't come to
see him while he was at their church, but he knew what was going on and the
execution of Rizal by his fellow fathers.
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The Jesuit priests were able to convince him
very quickly with regard to the tensions discussion from his anti-Catholic
ideas, and so Rizal surrendered to the faith gladly and fully again.
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He copied and changed his own retraction
statement and, with the two witnesses, signed it. Dr. Rizal went to the altar
after that and knelt down and read aloud this text.
· Rafael Palma was the author of Biografia de Rizal
· He’s a politician, lawyer, writer and an
educator
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He won a literary contest in 1938 sponsored by
commonwealth government because of his book
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Publication of book was postponed due to WWII
and was only print in 1949
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The book was translated in English on the same
year by Roman Ozaeta and with a title Pride of Malay race, it was published by
prentice hall in the US.
Rafael Palma’s Statement
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After Rizal died, all the claims that he had
removed his papers were unfounded or a falsification by Rafael Palma.
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Taviel de Andrade was Rizal's defense attorney,
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For Palma, the facts of Rizal's conversion was
only a mere rumor.
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The retraction paper was kept confidential so
that no one but the authorities could see it.
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Josephine Bracken's certificate of canonical
marriage has been rejected
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The burial of Rizal was kept secret
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There were no masses held by Catholics for his
soul or burial.
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Rizal was not buried in Paco's Catholic
cemetery.
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Rizal claimed that he died impenitently and did
not offer divine help.
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For any excuse or logical motive, exceptional or
irregular actions of an entity are almost
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For him, the conversion of Rizal was a pious
fraud to make people think that before the church he fought, the exceptional
man broke down and succumbed.
Austin Coates
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Rizal claimed that the friar bishop was the
prime mover of deception, and that this friar was the one who needed his
retraction.
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Rizal is conscious that there would be a setback
that would affect him once he made a retraction. He also assumed that he had
little to retract prior to God.
Austin Coates’s Statement
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Pio Pi y Vidal and Probity Jesuits do not
believe in the retraction of Rizal and have died confessed.
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The family of Rizal claimed Rizal had not
retracted. If so, while they were talking, he must have told his mother about
it.
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Creating Balaguer's account to openly compliment
himself
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Balaguer exposed his own scam,
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Rizal decided to compose poetry
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There were only books, letters and alcohol
burner left in the place when the authorities were about to dispose, they had
not found any poetry on Rizal's place and they disclosed that Rizal was not
inside Fort Santiago that night and Rizal did not know what was then taking
place.
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Balaguer made his account to explain that Rizal
is not licensed to compose, but only to look at the Mi Ultimo Adios to
illustrate that writing it only took him a few hours.
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