# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S332
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332 INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord J
which according to His abundant mercy hath begotte
unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and tha i
not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the#
of God through faith unto salvation ready to be reveale
last time, wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a ge
need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptatig
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than
that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be fo’
praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Ch
having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him:
believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of:
ceiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of yo
1 Peter 1:3-9. ‘

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it do
appear what we shall be; but we know that when He shall
we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is,” 1 Joh

Cf. Matthew 16:18; John 5:28-29; 6:40; 18:36; Ron
2 Thessalonians 2:1-10; 1 John 2:18; Revelation 20.

Foreword to Part II

Part II of the Common Confession was prepared in a
two years by the members of the Committee on Doct
of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod and the Con
Union and Fellowship of the American Lutheran Ch
Part I was adopted by these two Synods. Part II is in
a supplement to Part I, and the two parts in reality f
doctrinal statement. Neither part is to be regarded as con
itself or unrelated to the other. Part II was written ;
clarification where misunderstanding of Part I was encoun!
well as adding some doctrines which were omitted in P:
aim of the joint committee was to let the Holy Scriptur
authoritatively and with finality in all matters discussed
marized, so that past controversies might be allayed an
controversies avoided.

The entire Common Confession does not claim to be a.c9}
review of the Christian faith and life, but it manifests &
insights and emphases in our understanding and formulg
many Christian doctrines as held and taught in our ch
constitutes a common and united devotion to the Word
the teaching of our churches in our times.

Part II as unanimously adopted by our two official