# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S485
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 485

- Resolved, (2) That the English District be urged to review the
entire matter in the light of present-day conditions when the lan-
guage question is no longer a problem in the work of Synod, rather
than in the light of conditions as they existed 45 years ago; and
be it further

Resolved, (3) That the President of Synod again appoint an
amalgamation committee to meet with a similar committee of the
English District and that these committees be encouraged to work
actively for amalgamation so that the hope expressed in the agree-
ment of 1911 may be realized as soon as possible.

Duties of the Committee on Doctrinal Unity —
Changes in “Handbook”

Resolution 41 of Committee 6 concerning this matter was
adopted:
Resolution 41

Wuergeas, The Houston Convention of Synod directed that the
duties of the Committee on Doctrinal Unity “be delineated and
listed under Chapter II, Section H of the Handbook”; and

Wuereas, Certain changes in Section 2.119 have been requested
by the Committee on Doctrinal Unity; therefore be it

Resolved, That 2.119, Committee on Doctrinal Unity in the
Lutheran Church, be adopted as amended, to read as follows:

a) A Committee on Doctrinal Unity in the Lutheran Church
shall be appointed by the President in conjunction with the Vice-
Presidents.

b) This committee shall consist of three pastors in office, four
theological professors, one Christian day school teacher, and two
laymen.

c) Appointments shall be made for a term of six years and
shall be so arranged that the terms of five members shall expire
at the end of each triennium.

d) It shall be the duty of this committee to represent our
Synod in official contacts with other Lutheran churches and synods
for “the conservation and promotion of the true faith and a united
defense against schism and sectarianism” (Constitution, Article HI).

e) The committee shall direct its activities toward preserving
and strengthening the doctrinal unity that our Synod enjoys with
others and promoting the cause of true doctrinal unity wherever
possible.

f) The committee shall serve the members of Synod as a
clearinghouse for all matters relating to doctrinal unity in the