This paper is about conflicts and controversies in Philippine history. Among the topics were as follows: 1. Site of the First Mass 2. The Cry of Rebellion 3. The Cavite Mutiny

1. CONTROVERSIES IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
CONTROVERSIES IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
Readings in Philippine History
Readings in Philippine History
Compiled by: Maria Cristina Buque-Lecerio
Compiled by: Maria Cristina Buque-Lecerio
Instructor-in-charge, GE2
Instructor-in-charge, GE2

2. Site of the
First Mass
Controversy No. 1
Controversy No. 1
Controversies in Philippine History: SIte of the First Mass
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3. What is written in the History?
What is written in the History?
The first Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521
(Eastern Sunday) by Father Pedro de Valderrama
Popularly known as the birthplace of the church in the Philippines.
Holy First Mass marked the birth of Roman Catholicism in the
Philippines.
Controversies in Philippine History: SIte of the First Mass
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4. Controversies between Limasawa
Controversies between Limasawa
and Masao/Butuan
and Masao/Butuan
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5. Masao
Masao
1872: A monument to commemorate the site of first mass on the Philippines was erected in
Butuan
1953: The people in Butuan asked the Philippine Historical Committee to rehabilitate the
monument or place a marker on the site.
On the basis of this objection the monument was re erected but the marble slab stating it
was the site of the first mas was removed.
Zaide identified Masao in Butuan as the location of the first mass. The basis Zaide's claim is
the diary of Antonio Pigafetta, chronicle of Magellan's voyage.
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6. Limasawa
Limasawa
Jaime De Veyra stated that the first mass was celebrated in Limasawa not in Butuan.
Historian Pablo Pastells stating by the footnote to Francisco Colin's Labor Evangelica that
Magellan did not go to Butuan but from Limasawa to Cebu.
Francisco Albo ( Pilot of Magellan's flagship does not mention the first mass but he writes
that they erected a cross on a mountain which overlooked three islands the west and the
southwest.
James Robertson agreed with Pastells in a footnote that "Mazua" was actually Limasawa.
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7. Limasawa
Limasawa
In the authentic account of Pigafetta, the port was not in Butuan but an island named
Mazua (Masawa)
Father Bernard studied all the Pigafetta's maps, which place in Mazua of the Southern
tip of the larger island of Leyte, a check with the modern maps will show that this jibes
with Limasawa and not Masao or Butuan
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8. Evidence for Limasawa
Evidence for Limasawa
The evidence of Albo's Log Book
The evidence of Pigafetta
Pigafetta's testimony regarding the route;
the evidence of Pigafetta's map;
The two native Kings;
The seven days at Mazua;
An argument from omission
Summary of the evidence of Albo and Pigafetta.
Confirmatory evidence from Legazpi expedition.
1.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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9. Evidence for Masao
Evidence for Masao
The name of the place
The route from Homonhon
The latitude position
The geographical features:
the bonfire;
the balanghai
house
abundance of gold
a develop settlement
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b.
c.
d.
e.
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10. What happened in
Cavite Mutiny
Controversy No. 2
Controversy No. 2

11. Controversies in Philippine History: The Cavite Mutiny
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44. Where did the cry
of rebellion happen?
Controversy No. 3
Controversy No. 3
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