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Doctrina Christiana, one of the earliest printed books in the Philippines for use by the Spanish friars in spreading Catholicism. The Spanish friars were the crucial elements in the Westernization of the Philippines, and in spreading the Christian faith in that part of the world. Though missionary endeavors played a key role in their project ...
Despite this, the Insular Government failed to investigate the land titles of the friars' and restore them to the patrimony of the Filipinos. The Insular Government then established a land titling system for these lands, but due to a small surveyor staff, a lot of parcels of land remained untitled. [18]
Makamisa (English: After Mass) is an unfinished novel by Filipino patriot and writer José Rizal. The original manuscript was found by historian Ambeth Ocampo in 1987 while going through a 245-page collection of papers. This draft is written in pure, vernacular Lagueño Tagalog and has no written direct signature or date of inscription.
The secularization movement encouraged the assignment of native Filipino priests to head parishes. The movement was met with opposition from the Spanish friars who are regulars due to its negative effects to their political authority and influence in the Philippine islands. [4]
Among the early proponents of Filipino nationalism were the Insulares Padre Pedro Peláez, who fought for the secularization of Philippine churches and expulsion of the friars, Padre José Burgos whose execution influenced the national hero José Rizal, and Joaquín Pardo de Tavera who fought for retention of government positions by natives ...
The Latin American revolutions and decline of friar influence in Spain resulted in the increase of the regular clergy (Peninsular friars) in the Philippines. Filipino priests (Creoles, Mestizos and Indios) were being replaced by Spanish friars (Peninsulares) and Peláez demanded explanation as to the legality of replacing a secular with ...
the expulsion of the Friars and the return to the Filipinos of the lands which they had appropriated for themselves; representation in the Spanish Cortes; freedom of the press and tolerance of all religious sects; equal treatment and pay for Peninsular and Insular civil servants; abolition of the power of the government to banish civil citizens;
Una visita del Señor a Filipinas, also known as Friars and Filipinos, 14-page unfinished novel written in 1889 [72] Memorias de un Gallo, two-page unfinished satire [72] Makamisa, unfinished Tagalog-language novel written in 1892 [73] The Triumph of Science over Death, by Rizal