# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1040
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blow to our committee; but the notes that he had taken were
over to us, and we made use of them in preparing Part

OT of 4;
report. this

was referred to our committee by. the Colleg
May 2, 1952.

This report is an outgrowth of the several
The committee has sought to Bive diligent att

‘ment and commends the following report -
sideration,

Phases of our study,
ention to its assign.
to Synod for con-

II. The New. Testament Ministry

In seeking to define the Status of a Christian teacher we are first
of all concerned about what. the Scriptures Say of the office of a
teacher in the Church. We must, however, be reminded that Christ
did not give His Church detailed laws or rules according to which
it was to organize and establish itself. The New Tes
synodical handbook with constituti

“That we may obtain thi faith (spoken of in Article IV), the

ministry of teaching the Gospel and administering the Sacraments
was instituted,”

One of the offices developed by the Church for the teaching of
the Gospel is that of the Christian teacher, In considering the
Status of the teacher, we must see his office in relation to the
Church, the Ministry of the Church, the call, and other concepts.

PARISH EDUCATION 289

I.
peead the Hore i tain sins, to preach the
; ve or retain sins, to p:

Fa ne ee ily ea immediately to all oot to
pend the . chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an () J
‘But ye are eople, that ye should shew forth the praises o
sO Pal od you out of darkness into His marvelous light,
who a Compare also Matt. 16:15-19; Matt. 18:15-20; Luke
e 2: . .

i ll believers, the sum total
h is the communion of a tote

The Chere times and in all places have been led to faith in
thove wie through the Holy Spirit by the preaching of the Gosp
ch i é ts. ;

inistration of the Sacramen _

m, ee Chueh fs the communion of believers in Jesus Christ

That the

; clear from the following Scripture passages:
is cle

this
that thou art Peter, and upon :
Leet tyrs Chucks end the gates of hell shall not prevail
rock I ;
gainst it” tt. 16:18).
58 ‘ ‘ Ge church of God which is at Corinth, to them thet | are
hed in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, via ‘at | ; a ery
rior call upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, bo
ce .
ours” (1 cor dalivered us from the power of sens hath
es us into the kingdom of His dear Son (Col. 213). man
translat wered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except ar n
boon of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king
be born
of God" (John *: ®). “, ” : °
™ In the New Testament the name “Church” ( oiskleesia) is
i © YH ly Scriptures to individual local congregations Rs to
atin congregations in a geographic area as well as to the su
grou,
total of believers. ted as “church”: some-
kkleesia is at times transla d as h”; i
i whe a vcongregation” (Luther: “ Gemeinde” and whe ?
which ma lead to misunderstandings, e. g., as if a oc cor gre ‘
ath n were not the “Church.” (See Kittel, ae 0 ) 0.
eum T., for many examples of the use of ek sia,
zum N. . to the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are
otihed in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with. ae in
every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ, our ,
theirs and ours” (1 Cor. 1:2).

Compare also the following: ,
“The church which was at Jerusalem” (Acts 8:1).
“The churches of Galatia” (1 Cor. 16:1).