History with lourd apolinario mabini biography
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CHRISTIEN JEAN N. TAGALOG ChenTagalog@gmail.
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By Benito V. Sanvictores Jr.
(July-August)—He is an underrated Philippine hero despite his progressive views on the Catholic Church, women’s right to vote, the rights of persons with disabilities and support for public education.
Apolinario M. Mabini was humble and did not seek attention or appreciation of others. He was satisfied to see the fulfillment of his aspirations without seeing the need to attribute those accomplishments to him, Dr. Zosimo E. Lee of the Philosophy Department said.
For Dr. Ma. Luisa T. Camagay of the History Department, Mabini is a man ahead of his time, “His views were not readily accepted by his peers in the government because those were unpopular, different from the norms of the time.”
Mabini was born on Jul. 23, 1864 in Tanauan, Batangas to Inocencio Mabini, an illiterate farmer, and Dionisia Maranan, a market vendor. From humble beginnings he rose to become the ‘brains of the revolution,’ a title he earned for serving as counsel
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Ang salin sa Filipino ay matatagpuan dito.
This year, we commemorate several Quincentennial celebrations along with our part in the first circumnavigation of the world. We also celebrate the 500th year of the introduction of Christianity in our country. Two events are connected here: the first Easter Sunday Mass in Limasawa1 and the first baptism of the Cebuanos.
The Philippines is said to be the only country in Southeast Asia where the majority belongs to the Christian faith—of which a large percentage are långnovell Catholics.2 How did we accept the Christian faith? Or, for a more specific question, how do we view Jesus?
To början with, we should take into account that “the Filipino’s holistic view of himself, his concrete way of thinking, his non-dualistic world view indicate that he thinks differently from the Westerner. Logical thinking requires abstract thinking which does not seem to be present among the majority of Filipinos.”3 We learn more w