# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S395
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

‘INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 895

ther then asserted that everything that had been said con-
pastors applied also to the teachers. The teachers were in
office. They were to teach the Word of God in the name
ngregation and were to feed the lambs of Christ with the
Because of this no teacher should be accepted into mem-
of Synod who has not been pledged to the Confessions.
ers should make this solemn promise just like the pastors.
chers should be reminded that when they step into the
f the church, they have renounced civic callings and should
e Church until their last breath, and this service should
heir greatest joy. For this reason it is important that there
mn ceremony in which the congregation hears that the
al-has been pledged to the Confessions. The congregation
ar this pledge with its own ears and should be able to say,
tor and teacher dare not display their own wisdom.” If
part from the Augsburg Confession, we shall call it to their
and if they do not return to sound doctrine, we can dis-~

emann’s interpretation of the call of the teacher repeated.
1886. Ch. Luecke repeated Lindemann’s interpretation of the
he teacher. He quotes with approval the statement of Linde-
hat the office of the teacher is a public church office, that
assistant of the pastor and a servant of the Word, and that
ccupies the position of the parents.34 Luecke pointed
tthe teacher had received a call from the Christian con-
mn to which God had given the right to call servants of the

He stated that Article 14 of the Augsburg Confession
also to the office of the teacher. This article reads: “Of

cal order they teach that no one should publicly teach
church or administer the Sacraments unless he be regularly
e stated that the teacher is in an office that has been con-
vupon him by God through the congregation. This, he said,
her would find in black and white in his diploma of vocation.
mge in the examination of teachers. —In 1887 a change was

€ examination of teachers. Originally the local pastor
ght to examine the teacher. At the same time the synod-
tution reserved for Synod the right to examine teachers
ting them membership in Synod.. In 1864 a Pruefungs-
m,” or examining committee, was appointed for the Addi-

F. W. Walther, “Ueber einige Hauptpflichten, welche eine
t,. wenn sie den Namen einer evangelisch-lutherischen Synode
tragen will.” Proceedings, Iowa District, I (1879), pp. 31, 32.
uw. Luecke, “Wann darf ein evangelisch-lutherischer Schullehrer
ailiederlegen?” Schulblatt, XXI (Drittes Quartal), pp. 104, 105