# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S504
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504 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

I. We accept the Bible as the inspired Word of God.

II. We accept the doctrinal content of the Lutheran Confessions
in the Book of Concord as a correct exposition of Bible truth.

IH. Since the unity of the Church has often been disturbed
by attempts to solve problems which the Bible does not solve for us
and to give doctrinal status to human interpretations, we reaffirm
our acceptance of the injunction: “If any man speak, let him speak
as the oracles of God” (1 Pet. 4:11).

IV. We pledge ourselves to an evangelical application of the
Bible principles of brotherly admonition in our synodical, congre-
gational, and ministerial life and practice.

Tue EnctisH District PASTORAL CONFERENCE or Curcaco, ILt.
Dan R. Lupwie, Secretary

To Reaffirm “Brief Statement”
(Memorial 605)

Wuereas, It is increasingly obvious that the Brief Statement
(1932) of our Synod and the Declaration (1938) of the American
Lutheran Church set forth doctrinal differences between these two
church bodies; and

Wuereas, The Fellowship Committee of the American Lutheran
Church recognizes the obvious fact that the Brief Statement and
the Declaration set forth doctrinal differences instead of doctrinal
agreement between our Synod and the American Lutheran Church
(cf. Der Lutheraner, March 4, 1947, page 68); and

Wuergas, It is obviously impossible to adhere to both the Brief
Statement and the Declaration, since these two documents set forth
doctrinal differences instead of doctrinal agreement;

Therefore the undersigned respectfully petitions the Centennial
Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio,
and Other States (1) to recognize officially the fact that the Brief
Statement and the Declaration set forth doctrinal differences instead
of doctrinal agreement between our Synod and the American Lu-
theran Church; (2) to annul at this convention its acceptance of
the Declaration in 1938; (3) to adhere unwaveringly to its Scrip-

tural position of the past one hundred years as set forth in its
Brief Statement,

Catvary Ev. Luraeran Caurca
Watseka, Itz.

B.F. Prancg, Pastor
Similar memorials were submitted by
St. Jounn’s, Bucxey, Int, and by Immanuet, Mruzang, S. Dax.