Aug. 3, 1902: Isabelo de los Reyes, an ex-seminarian, lawyer, journalist and labor leader, delivered a speech in which he proclaimed a church independent of the Vatican and administered by Filipinos. At that point, however, Gregorio Aglipay may not have been ready to establish a church, say Pedro Achutegui and Miguel Bernad in their book Religious Revolution in the Philippines: The Life and Church of Gregorio Aglipay. They cite the letter De los Reyes wrote to historiam James A. Robertson in 1908. In that letter, De los Reyes described himself as ``the only true founder of the Philippine Church and stated that he ``was able to bring about this schism despite ``the Filipino priests themselves, including Monsignor Aglipay, who on 20 of that same August 1902 sent around a printed circular letter disapproving the schism. By September 1902, however, Aglipay had decided to cast his lot with the new church that was to bear his name. On Sept. 22, there appeared the first of series of epistles that would give form and organization to the new church. This first epistle was signed by Aglipay as supreme bishop, De los Reyes as president of the executive committee and Simeon Mandac as executive secretary. One could thus argue for Sept. 22, 1902 as the foundation day of the church. Other people could define the foundation day as the date on which there was a formal rupture with Rome. But this this contention merely leads to the argument of when that rupture took place. ramongil/ggf/OTHERS/INKHIST.htm
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