# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S95
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION MINUTES 95

as favoring the proposal of the Park Region. Discussion on the
original resolution was postponed for lack of time. (TB 418, 33)

Committee 3— Intersynodical and Doctrinal

In answer to Memorial 606 the convention provided for the
publication in the Concordia Theological Monthly of the various
studies being made by our theological faculties and placed any
necessary action into the hands of synodical officials (TB 456, 13),
requested the faculties to make available a statement on the ques-
tion of Apostolic Succession (TB 231, 14), warned against Roman-
izing tendencies (TB 231, 15), decided to invite representatives
of The American Lutheran Church (TALC) to meet with our
Committee on Doctrinal Unity, and invited the sister synods to
participate (TB 233, 19), deferred action on the question of mem-
bership in the National Lutheran Council until the report of the
Committee on Doctrinal Unity is available (TB 234, 20), decided
to send official observers to the assembly of the World Council of
Churches and to similar conventions (TB 234, 21), declared the
matter concerning a paper on Christ’s descent into hell to be settled
since the author had rectified his error (TB 454, 22, with lines 5 and
6 canceled), and urged all conferences to give prominence to the
study of Christian doctrine (TB 484, 23). The committee was dis-
missed with thanks.

Detroit for Sure

The question was raised from the floor whether the vote on
the junior college in the Detroit area had been a two-thirds vote.
The chairman ruled that it had been. When the ruling was chal-
lenged, a rising vote was ordered by the Chair. Total voting: 550.
Required: 366. For: 457. Against: 93. The Chair declared the
resolution formally adopted.

Committee 9 — Hymnology and Liturgics

The Committee on Hymnology presented Resolution 5 once
again with a new paragraph “b” as a proposed amendment, which
was accepted by the convention. Further amendments eliminated
the word “the” in line 3, page 263, and changed the number “3”
to “6” in line 20, page 262. The resolution was then adopted as
amended (TB 262, 5). The convention deferred action on the ques-
tion of creating the position of executive director in this field until
the 1962 convention (TB 419, 6 for recommitted 261, 6). The com-
mittee was dismissed with thanks.

Committee 1— Colleges and Seminaries

The convention took up Resolution 50 (TB 428) listing detailed
propositions as working principles in providing for growth to match