FOR THE CONTENT/TEXT OF THE RIZAL LAW

REFER TO THE BOOK JOSE RIZAL IN OUR TIMES

Story of the
Bill

1950s was a period of

imperialist
presence
and
communist insurgency.
Claro M. Recto passed the
bill calling for a return to
patriotic values voiced by
Filipino Heroes such as Jose
Rizal.
The Catholic Church opposed
the bill because Rizals
novels contained passages
that were anti-church and
could
violate
the Francisco
constitutional freedom of Rodrigo

Clar
o M.
Rect
o

Soc

 Fr. Jesus Cavanna said

that the novels belonged
to the past.
Jose P. Laurel authored
the revised bill.
The
Rizal
Law
accommodated
the
objections of the Catholic
church allowing students
to seek exemptions from
reading Rizals works for
religious reasons but still
required the reading of
the unedited versions of

Jose P. Laurel

Conclusio
n Rizal does not

have

the

monopoly

of

nationalism.
The works of other heroes should also be
studied because many of the content of their
works are relevant to present day situations.
Examples:
1. Wealth that is lost can be recovered, but
time that has passed will not be regained
again.
2. To an honorable man his word is sacred.
3. Independence is not enough but that a moral
government is also indispensable. It must be
moral, that it should govern with truth,
without deceit, sincerely complying with the