RPH Lesson 8: Limasawa vs Masao PDF

First Site of the Mass: Limasawa vs Masao Readings in Philippine History Prepared by: Mr. Paolo F. Canlas Mr. Manu David MULTIPERSPECTIVIT Y The epistemological idea that history is interpretational and subjective, with multiple coexisting narratives about particular historical...

First Site of the Mass: Limasawa vs Masao Readings in Philippine History Prepared by: Mr. Paolo F. Canlas Mr. Manu David MULTIPERSPECTIVIT Y The epistemological idea that history is interpretational and subjective, with multiple coexisting narratives about particular historical events, rather than When examining a primary source, such as a document or an image, think about whose perspectives are being represented and whose are being ignored, misrepresented or demonised. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT TO CHURCH?  CONTROVERSIES BETWEEN LIMASAWA AND MASAO /BUTUAN https://nqc.gov.ph/en/resources/ending-the-limasawa-controvers y/  March 31, 1521 The first documented Catholic Mass in the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday. It was conducted by Father Pedro de Valderrama of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition along the shores of what was referred to in the journals of (1921,1950 with Historical Marker)  Or Mazaua (variant spelling)  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Early Masao, The First Mass was said to accounts of Butuan have taken place in Butuan, the friars Agusan del Norte, precisely during the on an island called Masao, Spanish according to early accounts period mostly by friars relying on historical documents and tradition.  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Gregorio At multiple editions of their Zayde Masao, widely distributed history Butuan textbook throughout the 1980s, Dr. Gregorio Zaide and his daughter, Sonia, insisted that the recorded First Mass took place in Masao, Butuan. In the process, they found the Limasawa claim to be untrue.  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Gabriel Atega Historian Gabriel Atega said Butuan had long been considered the site of the Mass. Masao, Butuan Atega emphasized the determination of longitude to pinpoint the location of the first Mass. Citing primary sources, he traced the route taken by the Magellan expedition and concluded that 93⁄4 degrees latitude combined with his reading of longitude coordinates in other sources led to Butuan as the site of the Mass.  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Pigafetta The first documented Catholic Mass in Limasawa the Philippines was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday. It was conducted by Father Pedro de Valderrama of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition along the shores of what was referred to in the journals of Antonio Pigafetta as "Mazaua" or Limasawa in present. Pigafetta’s eyewitness account is the most detailed and only surviving account of the first Mass in the Philippines.  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Francisco On the same day of the mass, a Albo Limasawa cross was erected on the summit of a mountain and according to Francis Albo, at the summit of the mountain, you can see three islands from west and southwest whereas, Butuan can be seen in the North direction. Based on the topographical details given by Albo and Pigafetta, itdescribes the present Limasawa  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Supreme Court Limasawa The Gancayco Commissions found that the first Justice Emilio mass in the Philippines did not actually Gancayco tookplace at Butuan City but did actually took place on March 31, 1521 at Southern Leyte in the island of Limasawa. The NHI, the progenitor of the NHCP, had already settled the problem of the historic Mass' exact site through two expert panels: the first, chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Emilio Gancayco in 1995, and the second, led by historian Benito Legarda in 2008. Limasawa Island was determined to be the location of the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass by both panels.  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Dr. Antonio On the island of Mazaua, now known as Sanchez de Mora Limasawa Limasawa Island, Leyte, the first ever Easter Mass was conducted in 1521, marking a watershed moment in Philippine Christianity. After combing through sources in the archive relevant to the initial encounter and first mass celebrated on an island called Mazaua and comparing them with other archival sources, Dr. Antonio Sanchez de Mora, an expert on Spanish medieval history and head of the reference service at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain, came to this conclusion.  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE Benito Legarda Limasawa Historian Benito Legarda ruled that the site of the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass was Limasawa Island. The unanimous decision was that Limasawa was where the first Holy Mass was celebrated. In 2008, a second panel led by Dr. Benito Legarda Jr., affirmed the decision of the Gancayco panel Limasawa, not Butuan  PRIMARY MASAO, BUTUAN EXPLANATION /SECONDARY OR LIMASAWA? SOURCE National According to the National Historical Historical Limasawa Commission of the Philippines Commission of (NHCP), the ceremony was held in the Philippines Limasawa, Southern Leyte, by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish contingent. The NHCP accepted a panel of experts' proposal, confirming past conclusions that the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass was held in Limasawa, not Butuan, as some historians claimed.  EXIT QUIZ 1.There are five factors leading to forming different interpretations of history. Name one. 2.What is the old name of the highly contentious place believed to be the site of the first mass or Easter Sunday Mass? 3.The proliferated error for centuries stated that the first mass happened in this province. 4. Whose chronicle of the Magellan-Elcano expedition in 1800 mentions nothing about Butuan as the site of the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass but Mazaua? 5.According to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, where was the first official and recorded mass of the Philippines? Give the modern name.