Vocabulary Word: Life, Works &writings of Rizal
Vocabulary Word: Life, Works &writings of Rizal
Vocabulary Word: Life, Works &writings of Rizal
VOCABULARY WORD
EPISCOPAL VISITATION – an official visit conducted by the bishop on a diocese t examine the
conditions of a congregation; often done once every three years.
GARROTE – an apparatus used for capital punishment in which an iron collar is tightened around
the condemned person’s neck.
POLO – a system of forced labor that required Filipino males from 16-60 years old to render
service for a period of 40 days.
REGULAR CLERGY –priest who do not belong to religious orders and are engaged in pastoral
work.
SECULAR CLERGY –a system of taxation imposed by the Spanish colonial government on the
Filipinos in order to generate resources for the maintenance of the colony.
CAVITY MUTINY
On January 20, 1872, approximately 250 Filipino soldiers and worker rose in revolt at an arsenal
in Cavite.
An oft-cited reason for the mutiny was a decree released by Governor-General Rafael de
Izquierdo.
Official reports also claimed that the leaders of the mutiny had expected the support of close to
2,000 men from regiments based both in Cavite and in Manila.
SECULARIZATION MOVEMENT
The introduction and the strengthening of the Catholic faith were largely through the efforts of two
types of clergy: the secular and regular priests.
THE REGULAR PRIEST –whose jurisdiction fell on their elected delegates, were better
prepared for missionary work because of their standards of discipline and asceticism. Their
job was to introduce the faith, covert the natives, and establish communities.
THE SECULAR CLERGY – on the other hand, were priest who “lived in the world”. They were
under the authority of bishops and not a member of a religious order. Their primary task
was the management of religious communities and ideology, and the continuation of the
work already laid down by the regular clergy.
TASK
THE REGULAR CLERGY – introduced the faith and established religious community.
THE SECULAR CLERGY – management of the parishes.
As a result of the revolt in Cavite, several priests and laymen were arrested on the orders of
Governor-General Izquierdo.
Among the priests arrested in the succeeding days were Fathers Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora,
Mariano Gomez, Jose Guevara, Feliciano Gomez, Mariano Sevilla, Bartolome Serra, Miguel de
Laza, Justo Guazon, Vicente del Rozario, Pedro Dandan, and Anacleto Desiderio.
GOMBURZA
Collective name of the three martyred priests.
Tagged as the masterminds of the Cavite Mutiny.
They were prominent Filipino priests charged with treason and sedition.
The Spanish clergy connected the priests to the mutiny as part of a conspiracy to stifle the
movement of secular priests who desired to have their own parishes instead of being assistants
to the regular friars.