# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S337
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THEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS
IV. Some Affirmations

We may summarize the chief points of our discussion of
human sexuality articulated in this report in the following
propositions. We honor God and the neighbor rightly when we
—deiight in our creation as male and female and affirm our

identity as male or female:

—see In our creation as sexual beings an intimation of our
creation for fellowship and give thanks for the hea gwhich
(sod offers in marriage:

—regard marriage asadivine. lifelong institution. ordained by
God for the good of man and woman:

respect marriage as the typical. though not necessary. expres-
sion of our creation as male and female:

—affirm God's will that sexual intercourse be engaged in only
between a man and woman committed to a complete and
lifelong sharing of their lives with one another ina marriage
covenant not to be broken:

—affirm that the mutual love of husband and wife. while
possessing God-given meaning in and of itself. is by divine
blessing ordered toward the birth of a child: and

—affirm that this union of mutual love is the only proper context
for human procreation.

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