This document discusses several Rizalistas groups that venerated Jose Rizal as a religious figure in the Philippines. It outlines key Rizalista groups like the Philippine Independent Church, which canonized Rizal as a saint in 1903 under the leadership of Gregorio Aglipay. Other groups mentioned are the Banal sect in Leyte, the Rizalinos society in Tayabas, and the Rizalina group in Tarlac, which built chapels dedicated to Rizal. The document traces the roots of Rizalista movements and compares their different views of Rizal as the "Tagalog Christ" or "Jove Rex Al".

1. Josefino Tulabing Larena ,CPS, MPA
REMEMBERING RIZAL

2. Evaluate Rizal’s heroism and importance in
the context of Rizalista groups
Discuss the history of selected Rizalista
groups
Compare and contrast the different views
on Rizal among the Rizalistas.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

3. Millenarian groups- socio-
political movement who
generally believe in the coming
of a major social transformation
with the establishment of the
kingdom of God
KEYWORD

4. Rizalista
A religious movement that
believes in the divinity of
Jose Rizal
KEYWORD

5. Jove Rex Al
The latin name of Jose Rizal
according to Rizalistas :
Jove means God
Rex means King
Al means All
( God, King of all)
KEYWORD

6. Colorum
A term used to refer to secret
societies that fought against the
colonial government in the
Philippines
KEYWORDS

7. Canonizations
The act of declaring a dead
person as a saint
KEYWORD

8. In late 1898 and early 1899 revolutionary newspapers “
La Independencia” and “El Heraldo de la Revolucion”
reported about Filipino commemorating Rizal’s death in
various towns in the country.
Batangas :” tearfully wailing before a portrait of Rizal “
Laguna :”the lord of a kind of paradise in the heart of
Mount Makiling”
Early 1900 then witnessed the founding of different
religious organizations honoring Rizal “ Filipino Jesus
Christ”
In 1907 ,Spanish writer and philosopher Miguel de
Unamuno gave Rizal the title “Tagalog Christ” a religious
organizations venerating him had been formed in different
parts of the Philippines ( Iya,2012).
RIZAL AS THE TAGALOG CHRIST

9. Who founded the religious
confraternity “Cofradia de
San Jose was also considered
as the “Tagalog Christ” by
his followers.
APOLINARIO DE LA CRUZ 1815-1841

10. Felipe Salvador (26 May 1870
at Baliuag, Bulacan – 15 April
1912), also known as Apo Ipe
or Ápûng Ipê Salvador, was a
Filipino revolutionary who
founded the Santa Iglesia
(Holy Church), a messianic
society also known as the
Colorum which had the aim of
defeating and overthrowing the
colonial government of the
United States in the
Philippines.
FELIPE SALVADOR

11. The earliest record about Rizal being declared as a
saint is that of his canonization initiated by the
Philippine Independent Church or La Iglesia Filipina
Independiente .Founded on Aug 3,1902, the PIC
became a major religious sect with a number of
followers supporting its anti-friar and anti- imperialist
campaigns.As a nationalist religious institution, PIC
churches displayed Philippine flag in its altars as an
expression of their love of country and recognition of
heroes who fought for our independence.
THE CANONIZATION OF RIZAL
TRACING THE ROOTS OF RIZALLISTAS

12. In 1903 PIC official organ published
the “Acta de Canonization de los
Grandes Martires de la Patria Dr. Rizal
y Burgos, Gomez y Zamora. According
to proceedings,the Council of Bishops
headed by Gregorio Aglipay me in
Manila Sept. 24,1903

13. A prominent Filipino
politician, writer and labor
activist in the 19th and 20th
centuries. He was the original
founder of the Iglesia Filipina
Independiente, an independent
Philippine national church. He
is now known as the "Father
of Philippine Folklore", the
"Father of the Philippine
Labor Movement", and the
"Father of Filipino Socialism".
ISABELO DE LOS REYES

14. Aglipay was born in 1860.
He was a priest and
fervent Filipino patriot,
one of the leaders of the
revolution, who at the
same time led a schism
from the Roman Catholic
Church, and co-founded
the Philippine
Independent Church.
GREGORIO AGLIPAY

15. Banal is a religious sect in Dulag, Barauen and
limon Leyte
Pantay-pantay-a strange society called Rizalinos,
they walk barefoot in a procession to Rizal’s
monument and hold a queer sort of a mass.
A “colorum “ sect in Tayabas ,Quezon has built a
chapel for him at the foot of Bundok San
Cristobal ,better known as Mt. Banahaw.
Rizalina in Barrio Caluluan ,Concepcion Tarlac
PAULINA CAROLINA MALAY
OBSERVATIONS

16. Adarnista or the Iglesiang Pilipima
Sambahang Rizal
Iglesia Watwat ng Lahi
Suprema de la Iglesia de la Ciudad
Mistica de Dios Inc
GROUPS VENERATING JOSE
RIZAL

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