# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S553
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INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS

553

Wuereas, The President of Synod continues to take actions
which are designed to carry out the instructions made by these
synodical conventions (Proceedings, 1947, p. 523 £.; 1950, p. 658; 1953,
p. 546); therefore be it

Resolved, That this Convention take no further action.

Censure of Publications

Reacting to the last paragraph in Memorial 1007 by Trinity
Church of Oak Park, Illinois, Committee 3 proposed and Synod
adopted:

Resolution 21

Wuereas, Intemperate and unbrotherly expressions have been
employed in unofficial publications within Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, (a) That we caution all to exercise brotherly love
and restraint when expressing themselves on controversial issues
in Synod; and be it further

Resolved, (b) That we remind the proper synodical officials
and one another to admonish the editors who transgress in this
respect.

Report of the Committee on Woman’s Suffrage
(Report 1015)

I. Introduction

The assignment given to the committee appointed by the
President of Synod will be made clear by reprinting Resolution
Twenty-seven from the Proceedings of the Forty-second Conven-
tion assembled at Houston, Tex., 1953 (p. 483 f.):

“Wuereas, It is a general principle of the Holy Scripture that
woman should not usurp authority over men in the home and in
the church; and

Wuereas, Synod has based its position in the field of woman
suffrage in the church on this general principle of the Bible, as
expressed in various passages, including 1 Cor. 14:34 and 1 Tim.
2:11, 12; and

Wuereas, However, there is a sincere difference of opinion
among clergy and laity concerning the full and correct application
of these texts to the question of woman. suffrage in the church,
as indicated by Unprinted Memorials Twenty-one: and Forty-
seven;_ and

Wuereas, Many women of our church are eager to be of the
greatest service to their Lord in the church; therefore be it

Resolved, That the President of Synod appoint a committee
of five members to prepare for the next convention a thorough