# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S142
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CHURCH LITERATURE AND PUBLICATIONS 141

Wuereas, The cost of this publication is also care-
fully reviewed annually by the Fiscal Conference;
therefore be it

Resolved, To continue to publish The Lutheran
Chaplain.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Regarding Bible Translations
RESOLUTION 8-65

Report 401, Recommendation 24, and Memorials 342,
352, 714, pp. 205, 169, 170, 178, 309, Reports and
Memorials

Unprinted Memorial 717, pp. 92, 93, Today’s Business

Wuereas, Reliable Bible translations are a gift of
God for the church’s task of preaching and teaching the
Holy Scriptures to all people in their own tongue
throughout the world; and

Wuereas, Such translations possess the dynamic
power of the Word of God in private, family, and group
Bible studies as well as in formal worship services; and

Wuereas, The Synod during the past decade has
affirmed (a) that only the original texts constitute au-
thority for its doctrine; (b) that it refrain from adopting
any official translation (1953); (c) that its scholars and
responsible boards work with editors and publishers of
Bible translations toward improved translations and the
correction of inaccuracies (1953, 1956); (d) that con-
gregations be encouraged to use versions of Bible trans-
lations as aids in instruction under the wise guidance
of pastors (1953, 1956) ; and

Wuereas, Significant improvements have been made
in the RSV during the past triennium (in the 1960
printing) at the suggestion of our Advisory Committee
on English Bible Versions; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod express gratitude to God, who has given His
Spirit to members of the church throughout the world
and moved them to study the Sacred Scriptures and to
translate them into over 1,000 tongues; and be it further

Resolved, That we thank God for the privilege of
participating in this work of putting God’s Word into
the languages of men and sharing in the fruits of this
work in our homes, schools, and churches; and be it
further

Resolved, That we encourage individuals and groups
to continue their efforts to bring the Sacred Scriptures
to people in the languages of their lands and of their
times; and be it further

Resolved, That we thank the Advisory Committee on
English Bible Versions for its painstaking, detailed
work during the past 12 years; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod instruct the Commission
on Theology and Church Relations to continue the work
of the committee by appointing a separate Committee
on Bible Versions with representation from the facul-

ties of our theological seminaries, the Commission on
Church Literature, the staff of the Board of Parish
Education, and other competent persons; and be it
further

Resolved, That members of the Synod be encouraged
to send properly documented evaluations and sugges-
tions for the improvement of translations to this com-
mittee; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod reaffirm its policy of re-
specting the rights of individual congregations and rec-
ognize the Christian liberty of individual congregations
to use Bible translations within the limits of Article II
of the Synod’s Constitution; and be it finally

Resolved, That the boards, committees, and agencies
of the Synod serve the needs of congregations with
regard to Bible translations and Bible use.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Research Project on Marriage, Divorce,
Remarriage, and Related Subjects

RESOLUTION 8-06

Memorials 328, 329, 411, pp. 158, 159, 217,
Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
requested and initiated the study of “marriage, divorce,
remarriage, and related subjects” (1947) and instructed
the Committee on Marriage and the Family to continue
the project; and

Wuereas, This committee complied with all the
directives of the Synod (1947, 1950, 1953, 1959) ; and

Wuereas, This committee followed the censorial pro-
cedures of the Synod which safeguard Scriptural doc-
trine and the Lutheran Confessions and were assured.
that its publications are in harmony with the norm
established in Article II of the Synod’s Constitution; and

Wuereas, This committee followed exegetical prin-
ciples established by past theologians of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod; and

Wuerras, The Synod commended and thanked “the
authors and the Family Life Committee for their pains-
taking work in the field of engagement and marriage”
(1959) and encouraged the Family Life Committee “to
continue its research in the field of marriage and the
family”; and

Wuereas, The book Engagement and Marriage
clearly states in its introduction and conclusion that
its purpose is not to establish doctrine and practice for
the Synod but to present and evaluate all factors in-
volved in a research project on engagement; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Synod recognize the validity of
the procedures employed by the Family Life Committee
in carrying out the assignments of the Synod; and be
it further

Resolved, That the Family Life Committee continue