# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S319
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INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 319

VI. INTERSYNODICAL
AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

sport of the Committee on Doctrinal Unity

‘onformity with a resolution of the Milwaukee Convention a
e on Doctrinal Unity, consisting of Pastors George Maas-
J. Meyer, and Werner H. Jurgens; Profs. Walter A.
Martin Franzmann, and Alfred O, Fuerbringer; and
Walter Blume and Herbert A. Knopp, was appointed in
‘of 1950. The members of this committee, with the exception
Jurgens, who in September, 1952, asked to be excused

her service, have, throughout the triennium, carried out
-assigned to them to the best of their ability and herewith
eir report to Synod.

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; 2 wish to acknowledge the grace of God, whose aid we always
{for our task and who, we are convinced, guided us in its
fon. We are grateful for the presence of Dr. J. W. Behnken
our meetings and that of Dr. Herman Harms at practically

our appreciation to the representatives of the other synods
Wmodical Conference for their willingness to meet with us
uss in a fraternal spirit the problems that confronted us.
e did not reach agreement with all of them on ali points,
peful that this may yet come to pass. The very friendly
al spirit of the members of the American Lutheran Church
iam we met and the honesty with which they faced some
ifficult situations served to make our task lighter.

It

ccordance with the instructions of Synod the committee
ed. as a clearinghouse and a steering committee with
4° matters affecting the negotiations with the American
Church and, especially, the Common Confession. At its
ing, held on December 4, 1950, the committee carefully
of the resolutions of the Milwaukee Convention per-~

sphere of activity. The committee recognized Synod’s
that the Common Confession as adopted at Milwaukee
the doctrinal differences of the past. At the same time
are that Synod made provisions for clarifications of, and