# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S320
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320 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS,

additions to, the Common Confession in case further sg
developments made them necessary or advisable. Therefg
committee has made itself available to all who wished to
it and as a result met with individual members and
members of our Church, listened to their presentations, ’g
deavored to answer their questions. Members of the co
have appeared before conferences and District conventioy
have answered whatever correspondence was directed to. 4h
these matters.

The committee has also had meetings with representafj
the other synods of the Synodical Conference to dise
Common Confession in a very thorough manner. (Oth
synodical matters do not belong to our sphere of activif;
meetings held in January, 1951, and in April, 1951, and atten:
representatives of all the constituent synods, attention was
on the sections of the Common Confession, as adopted qj
waukee, regarding which some need for clarification was fel
invitation several members of the committee were present
convention of the Wisconsin Synod, held at New Ulm,
August, 1951, and at the convention of the Slovak Church,
Detroit in the same month.

The Norwegian Synod resolved at its convention in Juné

WnrereEas, The matter of the Common Confession hia
placed before our Synod by our sister synod, The Lv
Church — Missouri Synod, for our consent to the course of
outlined in the resolutions of the Missouri Synod, be it

Resolved, That we cannot give our consent to th
Confession as a settlement of doctrinal differences be
Synodical Conference and the American Lutheran Church,
following reasons: ‘ ;

The Common Confession does not reject the erro
American Lutheran Church. The document does not
false doctrine which has been expressed in the American. Lf
Church, that some parts of Scripture are not divinely it
John 10,35: Il Tim.3,16. -On the contrary, when descri
origin of Scripture the Common Confession uses the e
“content and fitting word,” which is acceptable to man
who also accept the false doctrine aforementioned.

Secondly, although the justification of all mankind’
(objective justification, Rom. 4,5; 5,18) has been openly
within the American Lutheran Church, yet the Common C
does not definitely state that God has declared all mankin
righteous in Christ.

Thirdly, the error of the American Lutheran Ch
some people are converted to Christ while others are not,
the converted offer only a natural resistance, while oth
willful resistance, — this error is not rejected in the Comrtt
fession. Rom. 3, 22.23.