4 - MONASTIC SUPREMACY

Question 1

Spanish term of “Monastic Supremacy in the Philippines”

Answer 1

La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas

Question 2

Author of La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas

Answer 2

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Question 3

T OR F:

The Monastic Supremacy of the Spanish friars brought many political, religious and economic conflicts and unresolved issues during the late 1800’s and violation of human rights was prevalent in the economic and educational aspect.

Answer 3

FALSE; violation of human rights was prevalent in the RELIGIOUS and POLITICAL aspect.

Question 4

3 intended audience of La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas

Answer 4

Spanish Government
Friars
Public

Question 5

Date and place of publication of La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas

Answer 5

1889, Spain

Question 6

T OR F:
La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas
- Discussed the situations that showed how the friars indirectly controlled the government during the Spanish colonization in the country

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

T OR F:
La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas
- Denounced the friars for their correct teachings and caring acts which had resulted in a life of poverty and misery of the Filipinos

Answer 7

FALSE; Denounced the friars for their wrong teachings and abusive acts which had resulted in a life of poverty and misery of the Filipinos

Question 8

Historical context of La Sobernia Monacal en Filipinas

• One of the primary crusades was the ________________ Movement

Answer 8

Propaganda Movement

Question 9

T OR F:

The friars in the Philippine government controlled the status quo of the country

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

Full name of Marcelo del Pilar

Answer 10

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitan

Question 11

Date of birth of Marcelo del PIlar:

Answer 11

August 30, 1850 in Kupang, Bulakan, Bulacan

Question 12

T OR F:

Marcelo H. del Pilar died on July 5, 1896

Answer 12

FALSE; July 4, 1896

Question 13

ODD ONE OUT:

PEN NAMES OF MARCELO DEL PILAR:
“Piping Dilat,” “Plaridel,” “Pepe,” “Pupdoh,” “Dolores Manapat”

Answer 13

Pepe

Question 14

T OR F:

del Pilar Published La soberania monacal en Filipinas Monastic Supremacy & La falocracia Filipina

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

T OR F:

Regular priests did not belong to religious orders.
Secular priests belonged to any religious order.

Answer 15

FALSE! Regular priests belonged to religious orders.
Secular priests did not belong to any religious order.

Question 16

SECULARIZATION CONTROVERSY:

Conflict began when the bishops insisted on visiting the parishes that were being run by __________ priests.

Answer 16

regular

Question 17

SECULARIZATION CONTROVERSY:

Archbishop who accepted the resignations of the regular priests in 1774 and assigned secular priests to take their place

Answer 17

Archbishop Basilio Santa Justa

Question 18

SECULARIZATION CONTROVERSY:

T OR F:
A royal decree was also issued on November 9, 1775

Answer 18

FALSE; November 9, 1774

Question 19

ecclesiastical governor of the Church, sided with the Filipinos.

Answer 19

Monsignor Pedro Pelaez

Question 20

They complain to the Spanish Monarch

Answer 20

Governors

Question 21

The crown tries to investigate the friars

Answer 21

King

Question 22

The lowest-ranked group in Spanish racial hierarchy

Answer 22

Indios

Question 23

T OR F:

Filipino priests were not allowed to ascend into the higher positions of the Catholic Church hierarchy

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

Date of execution of GOMBURZA:

Answer 24

February 17, 1872 in Bagumbayan

Question 25

The execution of GOMBURZA was ordered by

Answer 25

Gov. Rafael de Isquierdo

Question 26

T OR F: The Propaganda movement was led by Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Emilio Jacinto and Dr. Jose Rizal

Answer 26

FALSE; Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and Dr. Jose Rizal

Question 27

- essentially meant a forced relocation of small, scattered settlements into one larger town. - The policy also made it easier for a single Spanish Catholic friar to 'train' Filipinos in the basic principles of Christianity. - to collect taxes from their Christianized converts.

Answer 27

Reduccion Policies

Question 28

T OR F: In the political aspect, the government and the status quo of the country were controlled by the Spanish friars

Answer 28

TRUE

Question 29

T OR F: The privilege to vote was only given to the curate and even the security of the Filipinos was put into danger.

Answer 29

TRUE

Question 30

T OR F: According to Article III, Section 7: The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable

Answer 30

FALSE; Article II, Section 6

Question 31

T OR F: Philippine Organic Act of 1902, during the American period “No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed.”

Answer 31

TRUE

Question 32

Friars suggested that the King grant them some estates in the native villages

Answer 32

Royal Bequest

Question 33

T OR F: Priests were allowed to inherit property by order of the King

Answer 33

FALSE; Priests were prohibited from inheriting property by order of the King

Question 34

T OR F: Friars bought land from the natives using the money obtained from church fees, trade, and from profits gained from the produce of lands

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

Friars demanded that their advances be regarded as loans payable at a fixed rate of interest

Answer 35

Foreclosure of Mortgages

Question 36

T OR F: Priests claimed lands and had them titled

Answer 36

TRUE

Question 37

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The municipal officials depended on the Parish priest

Answer 37

RELIGIOUS

Question 38

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The regular priests resented to assign Filipino secular priests: Considered the Filipinos unfit for the priesthood

Answer 38

RELIGIOUS

Question 39

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The regular priests resented to assign Filipino secular priests: Cited the Filipinos’ brown skin, lack of education, and inadequate experience

Answer 39

RELIGIOUS

Question 40

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: Priests were prohibited from inheriting property by order of the King

Answer 40

POLITICAL

Question 41

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The basis of monastic wealth is the lack of union between the people and the government

Answer 41

POLITICAL

Question 42

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The Filipinos paid direct and indirect taxes:

Answer 42

POLITICAL

Question 43

DIRECT/INDIRECT TAXES: Personal Cedula

Answer 43

DIRECT

Question 44

DIRECT/INDIRECT TAXES: Markets, Vehicles, Horses(Kalesa), Stamps

Answer 44

INDIRECT

Question 45

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: Donated to them for the support of their churches, schools, and other establishments The largest landholders in the islands, with their estates concentrated in the Central Luzon

Answer 45

ECONOMIC

Question 46

The Friars owned different schools from the primary to the tertiary level and took charge in teaching, controlling, and maintaining the rules and regulations imposed to the students WHAT ASPECT?

Answer 46

EDUCATIONAL

Question 47

T OR F: The supposed Philippine education was privileged only to Spanish students, where there was prejudice against the Filipinos in the schools.

Answer 47

TRUE

Question 48

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: Filipino priests are not allowed to ascend into the higher positions of the Catholic Church hierarchy.

Answer 48

RELIGIOUS

Question 49

T OR F: Friars have a strong hold on the Philippine government. They have the power to endorse certain officials, or have them replaced, and exploited their office to enrich themselves.

Answer 49

TRUE

Question 50

The Spaniards brought goods from the natives at a cheap rate and sold these goods back to the natives at a higher price. WHAT ASPECT & WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THIS?

Answer 50

Economic aspect; Indulto para comerciar

Question 51

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: In charge of almost all the parishes, their parochial mission takes on the double character of a political organ and popular patronage. This mission gives the curate great power in each locality

Answer 51

POLITICAL

Question 52

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The basis of monastic wealth is the lack of union between the people and the government and it is necessary to foster it by fanning the resentment of the first and the despotism of the second. To achieve this, they count on the diversity of languages among the rulers and the ruled;

Answer 52

POLITICAL

Question 53

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: This is what we would call the tax of the religious festivals. The papal decree of 2 May 1867 aimed to relieve the Filipino Catholics of this burden by reducing the number of feast days and ordering that each diocese have only one patron saint to be named by the Holy See, and in fact this was done.

Answer 53

POLITICAL

Question 54

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: Aside from these numerous and costly festivals, in every district where fifty families dwell, a chapel is erected at a cost of at least one thousand pesos; there are some costing five, ten, and fifteen thousand pesos. The dues of the stole and the foot of the altar are a legitimate source of revenue of the priesthood.

Answer 54

POLITICAL

Question 55

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: In the performance of their duties, the municipal officials depend on the parish priest.

Answer 55

RELIGIOUS

Question 56

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The essential requirement is the curate’s approval. The signature of the curate is necessary to the census of residents in a municipality, to the conscription of eligible young men, to formalize accounts and other official documents; to everything and for everything the curate’s signature is an essential requisite.

Answer 56

RELIGIOUS

Question 57

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The Philippine government lacks resources to undertake public works; on the other hand, the monastic orders build grand and costly convents in Manila and in each parish of three thousand souls, they erect a spacious palace for the residence of the regular curate.

Answer 57

ECONOMIC

Question 58

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The government finds a thousand obstacles in collecting taxes from the tax-paying public; but the monastic orders empty without the difficulty the purse of the same public in return for heavenly promises

Answer 58

ECONOMIC

Question 59

IDENTIFY IF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, OR ECONOMIC ASPECT: The government refrains from creating new sources of revenue in order not to burden Filipino interests, but the friars invent every day new forms of devotion, some very costly, and the public pay, not because of fanaticism, but rather, for fear of displeasing the friars whose power they know has sent many innocent victims to exile.

Answer 59

ECONOMIC

Question 60

T OR F: Supreme orders are carried out if the crate so pleases. If the superior authority tries to demand an energetic enforcement of his orders, the curate informs the prelate of his convent and this one obtains dismissal of the public official.

Answer 60

TRUE