Site of the First Mass

Dr. Gregorio Zaide and his daughter, Sonia, in several editions during the 1980s of their widely-disseminated history textbook, insisted that the recorded First Mass was held in Masao, Butuan

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In 1996, the National Historical Institute (NHI) has already reaffirmed the popular belief propelled by Republic Act 2733 that the first Holy Mass was celebrated in Masao in Butuan on March 31, 1521.

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The NHI cited the memoirs of Ferdinand Magellan , who chronicled the expedition of Antonio Pigafetta , as “the only credible primary source that yields the best evidence of the celebration of the first Christian Mass on Philippine soil.”

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“Pigafetta NEVER said that the Easter Mass in Limasawa was the ‘first.’ Neither did any of the survivors of Magellan’s expedition".

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The Site of the first mass controversy makes a mockery of the Philippine history when Limasawa and Masao both commemorated the anniversary of the recorded First Mass in respective places.

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Republic Act 2733, IS AN ACT TO DECLARE THE SITE IN MASAO, BUTUAN WHERE THE FIRST MASS IN THE PHILIPPINES WAS HELD AS A NATIONAL SHRINE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND LANDMARKS

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Tomas “Buddy” Gomez noted that while a Jesuit wrote in 1663 that the first Mass was held in Limasawa, he considered this as a mere opinion and not a fact.

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A state where 2 information don't match

• Consistency

• Inconsistency

• Controversy

It is a result of inconsistent information

• Issue

• Conclusion

• Controversy

What is my middle name? =)

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