# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S321
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JNTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 821

urthly, the Common Confession does not reject the error
in the American Lutheran Church, that God elected His
5-eternal life in view of their foreseen faith. Acts 13.48.
ply, the Common Confession does not reject the error in the
an Lutheran Church, that the Means of Grace belong to the
“of the Holy Christian Church. Eph. 2.19; Acts 2.38; Matt.
(The saints in heaven do not need the remission of sins.)
hly, The Common Confession does not wholly reject such
in the doctrine of the Last Things as the American Lutheran
dH is tolerating, as, for example, that the Papacy may not be
fichrist until the last day: (II Thess. 2.8); that an unusually

'1; Rom. 8.7), and that there will be some kind of millennial

‘bf Christ (II Tim. 3.1).

.e are examples sufficient to show that the Common Con-

not a settlement of the differences.

: therefore earnestly entreat our sister synod, The Lutheran

h — Missouri Synod, to reconsider its adoption of the Common

and to reject it as a settlement of its doctrinal differences

ie American Lutheran Church

‘further entreat The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to

ntinue negotiations with the American Lutheran Church ex-

‘on the basis of a full acceptance of the “Brief Statement.”

is 3.10.)

oncern for the truth and for the continuation of our fellow-

ith the Missouri Synod on the doctrinal basis which we have
in the Synodical Conference through these many years

us to draw up these resolutions. We desire our fellowship

basis of right doctrine and practice to continue. God grant

he unity which once prevailed in the Synodical Conference

p restored by a steadfast adherence to the Scriptural princi-
tat have united us.

he Wisconsin Synod received a Review of the “Common Con-
‘. prepared at the request of its Standing Committee on
h Union. This Review finds “a number of serious omissions
E articles ‘[of the Common Confession]’ dealing with the doc-
sthat have been in controversy” (VI: Justification, VII: Con-
i, IV: Election, V: Means of Grace, IX: The Church, XII:
Things) and adds that a statement on the doctrine of the
“ought to be included. The pertinent resolutions of the Wis-
ynod are as follows (Proceedings, 31st Convention, pp. 147

Be it Resolved, That we concur in the findings of the Stand-

nittee on Church Union as found in the document Review
Common Confession,” and herewith make them our own.
it further Resolved, That we inform The Lutheran
-Missouri Synod that we not only find the Common Con-
to be inadequate in the points noted (cf. Review of the
Confession), but that we also hold that the adoption of the
Confession by The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
an untruth and creates a basically untruthful situation,

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