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Filipino nationalists in 1898 framed a constitution for an independent Philippine republic.
There were heated discussions on the provision on state and religion.
Felipe Calderón presented his draft proposal calling for Roman Catholicism to be made a state religion.
According to Jesuit historian John Schumacher, Calderón then attacked the position of Apolinario Mabini who insisted on the separation of church and state.
The Calderón proposal, however, was defeated by a single vote, and the provision was finally passed.
The constitution of 1899 states in Article 5:

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