# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S399
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JNTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 399

that the congregation could and should do this, because
which God had given to His Christians should be used in
of all. He called attention to Romans 12 and 1 Co-
2. He emphasized, however, that these services were
gly nor together the Bischofsamt, or the public min-
should watch over the entire congregation and that should
entire congregation and serve it with God’s Word. He
Ry -that the Apostle Paul distinguished in 1 Timothy 3 spe-
the office of bishop from the servants. Persons who served
ngregation as counselors, rulers, elders, teachers, and the
ain under the supervision of the bishop or of the public
because to the ministry belongs the supervision of the
sflock and the responsibility for the entire flock.4!

e pastor as supervisor of the school. —In 1916 R. F. Nimmer
the Schulblatt that in the school the teacher had the high-
thority and the right to rule there alone. While the pastor
supervisor of the school and had the right and the duty
the school often, under no circumstances was he to reach
oolwork and school training directly and recklessly, be-
*hrough such actions, he would take from the teacher his
ty over his pupils. Since, however, the teacher was dis-
in ig a part of the public ministry, he was to give the pastor
counting of his office as the one to whom he was responsible

hers ask to be listed as “assistant pastors.”—In 1920
teachers’ conferences requested Synod to have the names
chers listed in the Kalender as “assistant pastors.” The
s:that thereby the railroads were to be persuaded to grant
es ‘to the teachers. It was reported that investigation had
that this step would not grant desired clergy certificates
teachers, and the request was-denied by Synod. The rail-
etary was encouraged to continue his efforts toward getting
red certificates for the teachers.*?

her’s office defined. —In 1921 Zobel defined the teacher’s
| the following words: “The office of the Lutheran teacher,
established by our Christian congregations, has a limited
in the Word and doctrine in training the children, which

> Pieper, ‘ ‘Die goettliche Ordnung des oeffentlichen Predigtamts,”
Wehre, 60 (April, 1914), pp. 150, 151.

¥. Nimmer, “Die Autoritaet des christlichen Gemeindeschul-
chulblatt, Li (Oct., 1916), p. 306.

ceedings, Missouri Synod, XXXI (1920), p. 242.