MONASTIC SUPREMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES OR LA SOBERENIA MONACAL EN FILIPINAS (PICTURE ANALYSIS)

MONASTIC SUPREMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES OR LA SOBERENIA MONACAL EN FILIPINAS (PICTURE ANALYSIS)

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Relevance of the Document

Economic Aspect

Monastic Supremacy

in the Philippines

Religious Aspect

• Marcelo H. Del Pilar denounced the friars for their wrong teachings which resulted in a life of poverty and misery for the Filipinos

-He categorized his context

-Political

-Religious

-Economical

• Each aspect highlights the interrelationship of the state church with the church as the source of power and control. Some examples of manipulation and control were:

• Contriving devotion to be paid by every Filipino

• Tax of religious festivals

• Amortization of lands, and other monopolizing stipends of the clerics.

• Marcelo hides his real Identity under the pen name of Plaridel.

• The document published in Spain in 1889 did not have a major impact on the Philippines Islands on a full scale

• reprinted in Manila in 1898, two years after the death of Dr. Jose Rizal

• The document application in the modern sense is somehow peculiar as Filipinos struggle to practice their faith

• This document allows Filipino readers to connect their understanding of faith

• The influence of religion is still present today, influencing the political, economic, and social life of the Filipinos

• Former Governor-general Emilio Terrero, Benigno Quiroga, and academics like Miguel Morayta and Ferdinand Bluementritt praised it when it was published in Spain

• Dr. Encarnacion Alzona created the following translation in 1957

Economic Disparities in Philippine Government and Monastic Orders

• Government struggles with limited resources for public works and infrastructure.

• Monastic orders build elaborate, costly convents.

• Government faces tax collection challenges.

• Monastic treasuries overflow with money.

• Friars introduce new forms of devotion, causing public compliance.

• Economic impact of land amortization, religious object sales, and priest-blessed items contributes significantly to monastic order's income.

-The municipal officials depended on the parish priest.

-They were relayed them to report on the conduct of the citizens.

-If they were one hundred principilia its not enough they need curate’s approval

-Signature of a curate is needed in conscription of young men, formalize accounts and official accounts it is essential requisite.

• Philippines is Asia's sole predominantly Christian nation.

• Roman Catholic Church

• Cartagena 2010

Political Aspect

Background of the Author

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar

-He curate approval is up to him if he denies it or approves it.

-They are no existing rule that a curate should grant or withhold his approval.

-If superior authorities tries to demand’s orders of the curate to under mind or augment the curate would inform his prelate of his convent and there would be dismissal of the public official and in danger the national integrity.

-Even laying out the foundation of the building if curate disapprove it in dangers the national integrity

Influence of Friars in Philippine Government

• Friars control parishes with political power, exploiting government-people tension.

• Monastic wealth, rooted in disconnect, concentrates resources in religious institutions.

• Festivals used for financial gain by friars, exacerbating economic burden on people.

• Fear drives friars' wealth and influence, shaping the fate of those opposing their exploitative schemes.

• Marcelo H. del Pilar as one of the active anti-friar activists

• Graciano Lopez Jaena

• del Pilar's advocacies;

- freedom of assembly and speech

- equality

- representation

- assimilation of the Philippines as a province of Spain

- Filipino participation in the country's governance

- removal of the friars in the Philippines

- tye secularization of parishes

• On July 4, 1896

Conclusion

In conclusion what our fellow Filipino people have experienced in the hands of Spaniards are unfair and insufferable. Yes, they should be credited for few things they contributed to our country, but it is still undeniable that during the Monastic Supremacy Filipinos have suffered a lot and have been deprived of their own rights and justice.

MONASTIC SUPREMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES OR LA SOBERENIA MONACAL EN FILIPINAS (PICTURE ANALYSIS)

In December 1889 he succeeded

Graciano Lopez Jaena as editor of the Filipino reformist periodical La solidaridad in Madrid.

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