KARTILLA NG KATIPUNAN

CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS CONTENT ANALYSIS

 R e s e m b l e s t h e d e c BIASES/INCONSISTENCIES/SHORTCOMINGS

l a r a t i o n u s e d i n M a
n i l a ' s M a s o n i c l o d g e
s w h i c h w a s written in Spain
around 1889
 Bonifacio prepared a deca
logue, theKartilya ng Katip
u n a n , a s p r o p a g a n d a work to
achieve unity of the Filipinos
 Earliest reference of Kartilya w
as foundi n t h e m i n u t e s o f a
S u p r e m e A s s e m b l y meeting
held in December 1895
 B o n i f a c i o f o r
m u l a t e d a c o d
e o f conduct in 1896,
w i t h 1 4 r u l e s w r i t t e n i n it,
which was the Kartliya ng Katipunan
ANDRES BONIFACIO
 Kartilya served as guide
b o o k f o r n e w members
 P e n n a m e : Supremo Anak Bayan
Agapito Bagumbayan”
 Founder and leader of KKK
 Instigated revolt agains
t S p a n i a r d s i n August 1896
EMILIO JACINTO
 Also known as the "Utak ng Katipunan"
 Pen name: "Pingkian," "Dimasilaw"
 Advisor on fiscal matters and
s e c r e t a r y to Andres Bonifacio
 Continued the fight against
S p a n i a r d s until the Americans
e v e n a f t e r d e a t h o f Bonifacio
 Wrote the Kartilya and
t h e o a t h o f t h e Katipuneros
 Biblica l origin
 Cevantes
 Benjamin Franklin
 Jose Rizal
 R u l e s c o n s t i t u t e d a d e c a
l o g u e a n d embodied Bonifacio's beliefs
 Bonifacio adopted Jacinto's Kartilya as
official teachings of Katipunan
COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR SOURCES
 Bonifacio's "Decalogue" resembled the
"Ten Commandments"
 J a c i n t o ' s " K a r t i l y a
" r e s e m b l e d t h e d e c l a r
a t i o n u s e d i n M a n i l a ' s M a s o n
i c Lodges
 P r e a m b l e i n K a r t i
l y a e c h o e d t h e purpose
of the masonic document
 Kartilya's division between princi ples andt e a c h i n g s
b r o a d l y p a r a l l e l t h e d i v i s i o n i n Gran Oriente's
manifesto
 K a r t i l y a a s k s n e w m e m b e r s t
o p l e d g e a l l e g i a n c e t o a s s o c i a t i
o n ' s o b j e c t i v e s a n d a f f i r m w i
t h s i g n a t u r e s , j u s t l i k e i n
Masonic document
 T h e l i n e f r o m K a r t i l y a “A l i f e w h i c h i s
notd e d i c a t e d t o a g r e a t i d e
a i s useless”was likely taken from Rizal
 I n K a r t i l y a , w o m e n w e r e r e g
a d e d a s “helpmate” r a t h e r t h a n a “play
thing,” w h i c h s u g g e s t e d i t t o o k i n s p i r a t i o n
f r o m bible
 T h e a d a g e t h a t " A n h o n o r a b l
e m a n ' s word is his bond" may be traced
b a c k t o Cervantes
 "Time lost is lost forever" was
mentionedin the Kartilya, this idea may
h a v e b e e n borrowed from Benjamin Franklin.
Relevance and meaning before
 P r e s e n t e d g u i d i n g p
r i n c i p l e s a n d t e a c h i n g
s a s a s p i r a t i o n s a n d e t h i c
a l values, rather than a direct prescri ption
 "It was internal, not external,
q u a l i f i c a t i o n s
t h a t m a k e h u m a n
greatness" (philippinemasonry.org, 2006)
 Importance of core values, mission andvision statements, and
representation ispresent until the present time

MAIN ARGUMENT
 M a d e f o r n e w m e m b e r s t o u n d e r s t a n d rules, principles and teachings
 To avoid people from having change of heart in choosing to join
 T o e n s u r e p e o p l e u n d e r s t a n d t h a t joining the bro
therhood is not easy, andt h e y w i l l d o w h
a t i s n e e d e d wholeheartedly