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Rizal's works were known to be a "sin" for those who wish to read, communicate, sell, purchase, or even translate it. The Catholic church forbid their people to have any interaction or any thought about Rizal's works due to their belief that it was going against them and their practices.

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Draft C has asserted that "in so far as these novels give expression to our people's desire for political freedom and a social order based on justice, they have nothing to fear from the Catholic Church." This was replaced by the tortuous evasion that "they are not at variance with the practical applications of Catholic doctrine to the exigencies of the social milieu as it existed at the time."

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In draft C, "social cancer" was "in [Rizal's] opinion, largely due to the decadent state of the religious orders and the abuses which had crept into the practice of the Catholic religion."

The meaning was changed, where the abuses in the practice of religion Rizal opposed became not abuses but "some practices of the Catholic religion," thus laying the foundation for the latter part of the letter in which wholesale condemnations of the novels would be detailed.

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Nonetheless, the given changes present in the reading evidently show the different attitudes that the Catholic Church have with regards to Rizal as a national hero and not only on how to read a novel. Monopoly of the Catholic Church as the only guardian of morality is seen as well.

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“This comparison is not quite exact; I wished to throw the missile against the friars; but as they used the ritual and superstitions of a religion as a shield, I had to get rid of that shield in order to wound the enemy that was hiding behind it”

But in fact, it is clear that the word “ritual” and superstitions nowhere appears in the quotation in both German and Spanish translation, and hence the argument of the “Statement” is simply false.

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How do the changes made in the bishop's statement resonate with the challenges of Rizal's original intentions?

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How do the changes made in the bishop's statement resonate with the challenges of Rizal's original intentions?

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The original intention of Rizal was to defend and awaken the Filipinos from the abuses of the Spaniards during their colonization through his books turned into attacking the morals and practices of the Catholic Religion. The Bishop’s statement made Rizal’s intention anti-Catholic and not patriotic since it was mentioned that 120 out of 333 pages in his book, Noli Me Tángere, was attacking the Catholic Religion while only 25 pages were about patriotism. This pastoral letter may influence the perspective of the Filipinos that Rizal is not a moral example but an anti-Catholic citizen. Wherein, the Catholic Church was afraid that Rizal might use his book as a weapon to attack them. But based on his readings, he only wanted to address the abuses such as controlling the nation and the adultery of some friars during the Spanish colonization experienced by the Filipinos.

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What are the differences that exist between draft C and the Bishop's statement regarding Rizal's perspective? 

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What are the differences that exist between draft C and the Bishop's statement regarding Rizal's perspective? 

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Dela Costa suggested in C to supply the annotated version of novels be prepared by a scholar with the times while the "statement" proceeded rather to quote canon law forbidding certain types of book, under whose categories it declared the two novel fell: 

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Dela Costa suggested in C to supply the annotated version of novels be prepared by a scholar with the times while the "statement" proceeded rather to quote canon law forbidding certain types of book, under whose categories it declared the two novel fell: 

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only with the permission of ecclesiastical authority -- "readily granted for justifiable reason" to those with sufficient knowledge of the Catholic doctrine

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Cavanna omitted a quote from Rizal's letter to Hidalgo which states that Rizal does not wish to attack the church itself but rather than the abuses and distortions of teachings

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From C, "Hence a considerable portion of these novels is devoted to castigating or satirizing bad priest and superstitious observances" to the Bishop's statement, "Hence the larger part of these novel is devoted to castigating disedifying priest and to satirizing what he deemed to be superstitious observances and practices of the Church"

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"Abuses in the practice of religion" was changed to  "Some practices of the Catholic Religion" 

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"Abuses in the practice of religion" was changed to  "Some practices of the Catholic Religion" 

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C addressed the novel as " The most valuable of Rizal's ideals in the political and social order undoubtedly contain in his two novels" 

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C addressed the novel as " The most valuable of Rizal's ideals in the political and social order undoubtedly contain in his two novels" 

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The Bishop's statement spoke of it as "some of his most cogent insights"

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There is an evident desire not to grant too much importance to the novels of Rizal in the Bishop's statement even when not dealing with religious matters

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There is an evident desire not to grant too much importance to the novels of Rizal in the Bishop's statement even when not dealing with religious matters

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The assertion that "No Filipino before or after Rizal has understood so well or so memorably expressed the political and social principles upon which the peace and prosperity of our beloved country must necessarily be based" is pointedly omitted in the Bishop's statement

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The assertion that "No Filipino before or after Rizal has understood so well or so memorably expressed the political and social principles upon which the peace and prosperity of our beloved country must necessarily be based" is pointedly omitted in the Bishop's statement

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C attributed to Rizal " The First Place of honor by universal consent" it was changed to "the highest" dropping the "universal consent" 

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C attributed to Rizal " The First Place of honor by universal consent" it was changed to "the highest" dropping the "universal consent" 

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The intention of Rizal to address the abused practices of friars in Draft C was changed into attacking the Catholic church practices in the Bishop’s statement

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His "startlingly prophetic" teachings become merely "patriotic".

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His "startlingly prophetic" teachings become merely "patriotic".

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His "excellent" qualities become simply "great"

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His "excellent" qualities become simply "great"

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There appears a conscious effort not to praise Rizal too highly, even where there is no question of religious matters.

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There appears a conscious effort not to praise Rizal too highly, even where there is no question of religious matters.

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A "child of God" is paraphrased to "one who is adopted by our heavenly Father as a filial participant in His own exalted nature”

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A "child of God" is paraphrased to "one who is adopted by our heavenly Father as a filial participant in His own exalted nature”

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The “moral virtues” in Draft C that contain patriotism were removed

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The quotation “To describe your present state without fear or favor” from Rizal’s book, Noli Me Tángere, was excluded

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This was intended to avoid attracting attention to the Spanish religious orders.

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This was intended to avoid attracting attention to the Spanish religious orders.

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The Friars of Rizal's “El Filibusterismo” 

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The term “Spanish colonial administration” was changed into “colonial administration of his time”

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The term “Spanish colonial administration” was changed into “colonial administration of his time”

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Priests were not seen as "bad" but more as "disedifying"

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CHANGES FROM DRAFT C TO THE BISHOP'S STATEMENT

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CHANGES FROM DRAFT C TO THE BISHOP'S STATEMENT