# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S405
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JNTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 405

office (Acts 6) as such an auxiliary office; also to ruling
:8) and to ruling elders (1 Tim.5:17) as such auxiliary

x maintains that the office of the ministry had to perform
‘functions of the spiritual priesthood publicly. Wherever
iecessary, auxiliary offices were branched off from the office
istry. These auxiliary offices were of two kinds: 1. Those
g-an essential part of the public ministry to discharge, for
e “teaching, prophesying, admonishing. These were real
‘Affices. 2. Such auxiliary offices that dealt with the outward
f the congregation. These Mayer calls “so-called auxiliary

defines a branch office as one which performs definite
f the public ministry. As illustrations of a branch office,
ons assistant pastors, teachers in the parochial school,
that teach Saturday school, and able persons who teach
nday school. Concerning these branch offices, he empha-
\e following: 1. The pastor is responsible for the whole flock.
n of a branch office does not relieve him of this respon-
2. It is the duty of the congregation to see that all the
f functions of the public ministry are performed.

ruses the term “auxiliary office” for the offices that do
-out of the public ministry. As illustrations of such
offices he mentions: professors, missionaries, mission
residents, and Visitors. These offices, he asserts, flow not
ublic ministry, but from the priesthood of all believers.
y offices of the public ministry, they are not over the
nor on the same level as the ministry. In this connection,
ifies the teacher of the school among the incumbents
office of the ministry and not of an auxiliary office.61

f the Historical Background of the Status of the Teacher

the ‘teacher reveals no particular historical develop-
le there may have been significant departures from the
in practice, the following points cover substantially
status of the teacher as reflected in these articles

‘teacher, like the pastor, holds individual membership
Like assistant pastors, professors, synodical officials, and
teacher is an advisory member, not a voting member.

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