# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S216 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 216 UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND OVERTURES Mrs. Raymond Kletz Freda Hershon N. Judson, Ind. Southern Calif. Dist. Messiah Luth. Cong., N. Hollywood, Rev. Walter Otten Calif., R. H. Goetjen, Pastor Rev. Paul Lehenbauer Mr. M. J. Quitmeyer Rev. Carl Hoffmeyer Lexington, Nebr. Dr. Warren Hamula E. Thomas Rev. Roy B. Faulstick N. Hollywood, Calif. Fred Bendewald [5-31 Un] To Ask that the Detroit Convention Require the President of the District in Which Dr. Robert Scharlemann Now Holds Membership to Deal with Him According to the Synodical “Handbook,” ete. Wuereas, Dr. Robert Scharlemann has levied at- tacks against the Scriptural teaching of the resurrection of Christ and against the inerrancy of Holy Scrip- ture, having written: Bultmann regards the accounts of the empty tomb as legendary additions to the Gospels, intended to serve as mythological proof for the resurrection. What evidence is there to support that conclusion? First of all the texts are suspect because of their many discrepancies, not all of which concern minor details. Here are a few. In Mat- thew the women come to see the tomb; in Mark and Luke to anoint the body. In John it is still dark when they come; in Mark it is after sun has risen. Matthew names the visitors as Mary Magdalene and the other Mary; Mark names them as Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome; Luke names them as Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Joanna and the other woman; in John, Mary Magdalene comes alone. In Matthew the angel is outside the tomb, sitting on the stone he had rolled away; in Mark he (a young man in a white robe) is inside the tomb; in Luke two angels suddenly appear to the women after they have first looked around in the tomb. The philosophical-theological question is whether there is any intrinsic connection between the empty grave and the resurrection of Christ. On this point the theolo- gians are agreed. There is no necessary connection. That is to say, it is possible to conceive that the corpse of Jesus decayed in the grave and that the bones are still there, but that Jesus Christ is at the same time truly resurrected. (Dialog, Spring 1962) Unless one so defines “error” that it does not really mean an error in the normal sense; or unless one holds to the word “inerrancy” with a sort of blind dogmatism, the assertion that the Bible is inerrant, “that is, contains no error,” simply cannot be supported by the Biblical evidence itself. In fact, however, the reasons why theologians and many Christian scholars do not accept the literalistic, or Fundamentalistic, interpretation of Genesis I is that the Biblical evidence against it is overwhelming. It is not a question of accepting or not accepting Genesis I; it is a question of accepting an inadequate interpretation or a more adequate one. (The Lutheran Scholar, April 1963, Letters to the Editor) therefore be it Resolved, That we ask the 1965 Detroit convention of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to require the President of the District of which Dr. Robert Scharlemann is presently a member to deal with him according to the synodical Handbook as one who is guilty of false doctrine. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Marting Rev. Vernon H. Harley Chicago, Ill. Corpus Christi, Tex. Mr. & Mrs. Anselm A. Anderson Rev. R. H. Goetjen St. Paul, Minn. North Hollywood, Calif. S. J. Frazen Baton Rouge, La. Joseph C. Elias Elkhart, Ind. Herman Dittmar Petoskey, Mich. Gerhard L. Freundt Elmwood Park, HI. August H. Koelling — Chicago Heights, Ill. Rev. Robert W. Hill Paris, Tex. Harold A. Meyer Malinta, Ohio Dave McGuire Anaheim, Calif. Arno A. Lehenbauer St. Louis, Mo. Joann E. Williams San Rafael, Calif. William J. Buescher Steeleville, Ill. R. W. Siegert New Kensington, Pa. William C. Clark Indianapolis, Ind. Evelyn M. Biermann Burley, Idaho Edward Kerbs Burley, Idaho Mrs. Glenn A. Koch Burley, Idaho Donald E. Rehwalt Burley, Idaho Eigil Hansen Burley, Idaho Emma Wolters Burley, Idaho Allan W. Ashton Burley, Idaho Paul Werner Burley, Idaho Elizabeth Werner Burley, Idaho Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Tallefson Burley, Idaho Robert F. Schneider North Hollywood, Calif. Fred W. Jacobs Scioto Mills, Tl. E. F. Siegert New Kensington, Pa. Ida E. Siegert New Kensington, Pa. Mary S. Kempff Mt. Clemens, Mich. Theodore G. Kempff Mt. Clemens, Mich. Clifford Armgard Westmont, II. Andrea M. Hills Van Nuys, Calif. Cora Hills Van Nuys, Calif. W. E. Spitzer San Jose, Calif. David Dautenhahn Rolla, Mo. Esther Buescher Steeleville, Ill. Elsie J. Schroeder Detroit, Mich. Arthur O. Schroeder Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Charles Staffeldt Downers Grove, Ill. Alvin T. Perlich Downers Grove, IIL. Clyde R. Sheperd Weston, Ohio Magdeline Carter Lemont, Ill. Edmund C. Henrichs Atkins, Iowa Bessie M. Genuit Wauseon, Ohio Edw. H. Genuit Wauseon, Ohio Mr. & Mrs. E. Maier Hazelton, Idaho Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Stratmann Hampton, Iowa Paul W. Neipp Springfield, Tl. Cleste R. Lewis Fresno, Calif. Laurence A. Lewis Fresno, Calif. Katherine E. Herfurth Richmond, Va. Charles A. Lorenz Loveland, Tex. Garry Schol Morrison, III. Donald Martens Buhl, Idaho Herman J. Wolff Kingston, N. Y. Alfred L. Vonderscheer Redding, Calif. Rev. Ernest Schutt (em.) St. Louis, Mo. John K. Schmidt Baton Rouge, La. Korine Reas Pontiac, Mich. A. F. Paasch Clinton, Iowa Rev. Arnold H. Gebhardt Hooper, Nebr. Louis J. Meyer Springfield, Til. Rev. John J. A. McRee Catawba, N.C. Rev. F. A. Lindenmyr Grant, Nebr. Margaret Kreckenberg Lincoln, Nebr. Stanley P. Koelling Glendale, N. Y. Vincent J. Hohmann North Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Hill Littlefield, Tex. Walter Harmening South Branch, Minn. Mrs. Harmon L. Brown Midland, Mich. Mr. Russel Barnes Delhi, Ontario, Can. Dr. & Mrs. Jack W. Andrews Costa Mesa, Calif. Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Abel Royal, Iowa Dora Krodel Hinsdale, Ml. Mrs. Stewart Hall Bremen, Ind. Mr. Larry D. Vinton Midland, Mich. Edna Buescher Steeleville, Ill. Kathryn E. Bliss Midland, Mich. Mr. & Mrs. Louis B. Hall Manhattan Beach, Calif. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bernard Manhattan Beach, Calif. Evelyn L. Lund Manhattan Beach, Calif. Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Delbose Manhattan Beach, Calif. Charles Lund Manhattan Beach, Calif.