# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S523
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INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 523

Lee ACTION
ww... Regarding Memorial 616, Committee 3 brought in the follow-
ing resolution, which was adopted by Synod:
. Wuereas, “A Statement” as such no longer is a basis for discus-
mn according to the “Agreement” reported by the President; and
:@: - Wuereas, The issues raised by “A Statement” and by me-
y morials referring to “A Statement” are being submitted for study
-¢0 pastors and congregations on the basis of materials supplied
“py direction of the President; and
_° ‘Wuergas, The subject matter is such as to call for time and
patience, so that all pastors and laymen may have an opportunity
to study the same in a quiet, earnest, and prayerful manner (a
course which the Church should always follow); and
Wuereas, It is imperative that we continue on the foundation
of God’s Word, and God’s Word alone; therefore be it
Resolved, That the President continue to submit to pastors
and congregations material for the Scriptural study of the ques-
tions at issue.

According to the Daily Minutes, the resolution to adopt the
five doctrinal statements found on pages 401 and 402 of Reports
and Memorials was ruled out of order by the chair since it is in

conflict with the resolution adopted previously that these ques-
tions be given further study. This decision of the chair was sus-
tained. The motion to include in the official minutes the explana-
tory words of the chairman of the Committee (Committee 3)
that the Brief Statement covered the first three of these points was
rejected.

The following amendment was made and seconded: “God
commands every Christian, in Jer. 23: ‘He that hath My Word,
let him speak My Word faithfully.’ The Confessions of the Church
and also our Brief Statement are means through which the Mis-
souri Synod speaks God’s Word faithfully. Members of the Fel-
lowship Committee of the A. L. C. have now informed us that their
Declaration, a part of the 1938 platform, expresses a different doc-
trine on the important doctrines of conversion and election than
is taught in our Brief Statement. Since on the basis of this ad-
mission and on the basis of the proved ambiguity of the Decla-
ration we can no longer speak God’s Word faithfully through the
Declaration, Synod declares that this document does not express
its doctrinal position.”

This amendment was not adopted. When the author asked
for a ruling on this action, the matter was referred to Committee 3,
which reported: “Your Committee holds that Synod in rejecting