# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S515
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INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 515

s¢t and condemn the assertion “that confession of faith to others
id. cknowledgment of their agreement with us is never [emphasis
irs] an essential and inherent part, an unavoidable concomitant,
:0f _prayer,” since this sweeping statement militates against both
; precept and the example of Holy Writ. Prov. 28:9; Matt: 18:
20; Zech, 7:11-13; 2 John 11.

9, Concerning the Doctrine of the Antichrist. We believe, con-
ss, and teach, with Holy Writ, the Lutheran Confessions, and the
timony of Luther, that the pope of Rome, as the head of the
“Dapacy, is the “very Antichrist,” and that “Scripture with its entire
ce exclaims that these errors (namely, those of the kingdom of
Pope) are a teaching of demons and of Antichrist” (Trigl.,
17, paragraph 42 b), errors which even at this time are assuming
re threatening and dangerous proportions. 2 Thess. 2:1~12;
“1°John 2:18; Rev. 18.

We therefore reject and condemn every modification or denial
of this Scriptural teaching, in particular that which would make
‘the coming of the Antichrist a phenomenon of the future or which
states that “the final Antichrist will disguise himself under the
forms of Christianity in order to introduce a kind of worship which
is the very opposite of the true worship of God,” since every weak-
ening of the Lutheran position concerning the Antichrist jeopar-
dizes the very foundation of the Christian truth, the doctrine of
justification by faith alone.

We feel constrained, for conscience’ sake, to insist that this
matter be brought to a conclusion and that we be given a clear and
unequivocal reply at the present convention of Synod.

St. Jonn’s Ev. LutHeran CONGREGATION
or Forest Park, ILL.
R. Ropveck, Chairman
P. E. Krerzmann, Pastor

ACTION

As far as Memorial 607 is concerned, Synod adopted the fol-
lowing report of Committee 3: ,

With regard to Memorial 607, p.389, your Committee holds
the requested reply is given in this convention’s re-affirmation
that the Brief Statement correctly expresses the doctrinal position
of the Missouri Synod.

Committee 3 also submitted the following statement: With
regard to Memorial 607, p. 389, and Memorial 604, p.388 (points
1—6 and 9), your Committee holds the requested reply is given
in this convention’s re-affirmation that the Brief Statement cor-
rectly expresses the doctrinal position of the Missouri Synod, and
that points 7 and 8 of Memorial 607 are covered by the resolutions
on prayer fellowship and selective fellowship.