# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S159
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SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 159

The possession of deliberately formed and exercised habits

of Christian behavior, including certain specifically named

habits which are clearly enumerated in the New Testament,

especially in the Pastoral Epistles:

a. Scripture reading

. Self-examination

. Prayer

. Spiritual reflection

. Charity

. Consecrated zeal for service in the Kingdom of Christ

Faithfulness

Hope

Trust

Meekness

Willingness to suffer

Gentleness

. Justice

. Kindness

Restraint

Vigilance

Forbearance

Self-control

Truthfulness

Patience

. Hospitality

. Sobriety

. The repression of acquisitive, pugnacious, self-assertive,
lustful, worldly inclinations

x. Avoidance of temptation

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C. Knowledge of Man. By this is meant an understanding of
human nature, human behavior, aid human problems of spiritual
and temporal adjustment, controlled by the disclosures of revela-
tion with respect to the nature and destiny of man, but effectively
extended by an integrated knowledge of the Christian interpreta-
tion of basic principles (rather than masses of indigestible facts)
in the following fields:

Aan pr wo hy

. Philosophy
. Psychology
. Biology and physiology

History

. Sociology
. Political science
. Economic history, theory, and problems (these areas should

be given special emphasis)