# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S327
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THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS

Human Sexuality: A Theological Perspective

Human Sexuality:
A Theological Perspective

A Report of the
Commission on Theology and Church Relations of
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
as prepared by its Social Concerns Committee
September 1981

Contents
Introduction 4
I. Man as Male and Female 6
Ii. Marriage and Its Purposes lu
A. Marriage WW
B. The Purposes of Marriage 13
1. Mutual Love: The Relational
Purpose of Marriage 13
2. Children: The Procreative
Purpose of Marriage 17
3. Restraint of Sin: The Healing
Purpose of Marriage 20
Ii. Some Problems 24
A. Divorce and Remarriage 24
B. Headship Within Marriage 29
C. Homosexuality 32
DD. Artificial Methods of Reproduction 36
IV. Some Affirmations 40

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