# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S128 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 128 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 5 To Decline to Request District President to Deal with Dr. Gilbert Thiele RESOLUTION 5-19 Overture 5-30 Un (URO, pp. 19—21) Wuerreas, The Synod has provided specific pro- cedures for handling all charges dealing with doctrinal matters; and Wuereas, These procedures (Handbook, Article V and Section 6.83) are available to all who believe they have just cause; therefore be it Resolved, That Overture 5-30 Un be declined. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Decline to Require District President to Deal with Dr. Robert Scharlemann RESOLUTION 5-20 Overture 5-31 Un (URO, pp. 21—23) Wuereas, The Synod has provided specific pro- cedures for handling all charges dealing with doctrinal matters; and Wuereas, These procedures (Handbook, Article V) are available to all who believe they have just cause; therefore be it Resolved, That Overture 5-31 Un be declined. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Decline to Request District President to Deal with Dr. Carl Krekeler, Dr. William Bloom, and Dr. O. P. Kretzmann RESOLUTION 5-21 Overture 5-34 Un (URO, pp. 26—28) Wuereas, The Synod has provided specific pro- cedures for handling all charges dealing with doctrinal matters; and Wuereas, These procedures (Handbook, Article V) are available to all who believe they have just cause; therefore be it Resolved, That Overture 5-34 Un be declined. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Decline Request Regarding Dr. Martin Scharlemann RESOLUTION 5-22 Overture 5-29 Un (URO, pp. 17—19) Wuereas, The Cleveland convention of the Synod has acted on the matter in question and has instructed the Commission on Theology and Church Relations to study the issues involved; and Wuereas, This study has not as yet been finalized; and Wuereas, The papers referred to have been with- drawn by Dr. Martin Scharlemann; therefore be it Resolved, That Overture 5-29 Un be declined; and be it further Resolved, That the Commission on Theology and Church Relations be encouraged to continue to give all possible attention to the issues involved; and be it finally Resolved, That we remind the signers of Overture 5-29 Un of the provision of Resolution 3-19 of the Cleveland convention that the Synod refrain from attacks on Dr. Martin Scharlemann on the basis of the essays mentioned in Resolution 3-19 of the Cleveland convention and Overture 5-29 Un (URO, p. 17) Action: This resolution was adopted. To Refer to “Handbook” Procedure in Regard to Overture 5-44 Un RESOLUTION 5-23 Overture 5-44 Un (URO, pp. 33, 34) Wuereas, The “examples of doctrinal offense” cited in paragraphs 1—8 of Overture 5-44 Un are not sub- stantiated; and Wuereas, The procedure urged in paragraphs 1—6 (page 34) of Overture 5-44 Un is essentially the pro- cedure contained in the Synod’s Handbook, Sections 6.83 and 5.23—5.43, with the exception of the time limitation in paragraph 3; therefore be it Resolved, That we refer the signers of Overture 5-44 Un to the existing procedures in the Handbook. Action: This resolution was referred to the Synod’s President. Certification of Delegates to Convention RESOLUTION 5-24 Overture 5-48 M (TB, p. 23) Wuereas, There is nothing in the Handbook which gives the District convention the right to declare a dele- gate certified or noncertified; therefore be it Resolved, That the convention declare such practice improper and unnecessary; and be it further Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional Matters be instructed to clarify Sections 1.53 and 1.57 to that effect in case it is felt that this may be necessary. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Change Certain Sections of the Synodical “Handbook” RESOLUTION 5-25 Reports 4-04, Appendices B, C, E, 4-05 (CW, pp. 148 to 150, 153, 154) Overture 4-27 (CW, pp. 165, 166) Wuereas, Experience has shown a need for certain changes in the synodical Handbook; therefore be it Resolved, That the following Handbook sections be revised, amended, or deleted as follows: