Jose Rizal

RIZAL ARTICLE Aguilar, Joshua Mari C. RZL10 MAS - 4 The Church under attack, may 5, 1956 THE CHURCH UNDER ATTACK May 5, 1956 There is a new-sprung(prenominal) outburst of anti-clericalism as Catholic politicians denounce the Catholic military group structures opposition to the crown requiring Filipino students to subscribe the both controversial novels of Rizal NOT for a long time has the Catholic Church, or, at any rate, the Catholic hierarchy in the Philippines, been subjected to such attacks as it has for the last cardinal weeks. Archbishops, accustomed to having high government officials kiss the ring of their office, were mocked and ridiculed, were c solelyed enemies of freedom, to keen applause. Catholic political leaders led the attack…. Did the hierarchy expect the attacks when it issued the pastoral letter objecting to the Senate bill which would make the two novels of Rizal required reading in all public schoolsâ€"novels the hierarchy considered impious and heretical? If it did, and went ahead just the same and registered its objection, it could lone(prenominal) be because of an overriding concern for the safety of the Faith; to read Rizal is to endanger it.

A temporary embarrassment is nothing in the light of eternity; the Church is 2,000 years old; it testament still be standing when the supporters of the bill are no longer around. The Senate, as it is presently composed, will not scarper against it. Thus, perhaps, wen the thought of the churchmen. It was a calculated risk. It was all very surprising. A month ago, one could not ca-ca imagined a Filipino politician speaking in any further the most respectful terms of the prelates of the Church; he would have considered it political suicide to express himself critically of them. Now all caution seems to have been thrown to the wind. Anything goes. There is a new freedom, or, to put it another way, license. The Church has grown in power and influence since the days immediately following the... If you want to receive a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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