“If Rizal retracted,

he would not have

GENUINE
been executed. But he
was executed,
OR
therefore, Rizal did
not retract.” FORGED??
?
© 2 0 1 2 S H Y R A G A I L S U M A G U E ∞ g a i l s h y r a . t u m b l r . c o m A L L R I G H T S
R E S E R V E D .
 Did I
retract
or not?
A CONTROVERSIAL
DOCUMENT THAT
RETRACTS:

• WORDS
• WRITINGS
• PUBLICATIONS
• CONDUCT

THAT HAS BEEN

CONTRARY TO RIZAL’S
CHARACTER AS A CHILD OF
GOD.
 A CONTROVERSIAL
DOCUMENT THAT
ABOMINATES MASONRY AS RETRACTS:
AN ENEMY OF THE
CHURCH • WORDS
• WRITINGS
• MASONS: FORGED • PUBLICATIONS
RETRACTION • CONDUCT
• CATHOLICS:
GENUINE THAT HAS BEEN
RETRACTION CONTRARY TO RIZAL’S
CHARACTER AS A CHILD OF
GOD.
 ’ s
The first text was published

a l
in La Voz Española and

Ri z
Diaro de Manila on the very

f
day of Rizal’s execution,

s o
December 30, 1986

r s i o n
e Ve t i o n
Th e t ra c
R
The fourth text appeared in
EL Imparcial on the day
FOUR VERSIONS
after Rizal’s execution. It is
the short formula of the
The second text appeared
in Barcelona, Spain, on
February 14, 1897, in the
fortnightly magazine La
OF THE ALLEGED retraction. Juventud

RETRACTION
LETTER OF JOSE
RIZAL

The original text was

discovered in the
archdiocesan archives
on May 18, 1935.
1. December 30, 1896. The first text was published in La Voz Española and
diaro de Manila on the very day of Rizal’s execution, Dec. 30, 1896.
2. December 31, 1896. The second text appeared in El Imparcial on the day
after Rizal’s execution. It is the short formula of the Retraction.
3. February 14, 1897. The third text appeared in Barcelona, Spain, on
February 14, 1897, in the fortnightly magazine La Juventud. It came from an
anonymous writer who revealed himself fourteen years later as Fr. Balaguer.
4. May 18, 1935. The alleged “original” text was discovered by Fr. Manuel
Garcia, C.M. o May 18, 1935 in the archdiocesan archives after in disappeared
for thirty-nine years from the afternoon of the day when Rizal was shot.
1.Baron
People who proved
Fernandez,
Eyewitness
that Rizal did not
2.Manuel Morato’s
retract
“Expose”
 New
Evidences?
 IF RIZAL RETRACTED,
THE QUESTION
WOULD OF HEROISM
THAT MAKE HIM
LESS OF A HERO?