# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S223 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) Mrs. R. Miller Birch River, Man. Geo. F. Lussky, Ph. D. Fayetteville, Ark. Mrs. Alice Stahl Chicago, Il. Rev. Albert C. Rolf Chula Vista, Calif. Ernst Manthei Petoskey, Mich. Leo Golke Mt. Clemens, Mich. Mr. & Mrs. D, Dunkel Boyne City, Mich. Louis R. Kabelman Petoskey, Mich. Mr. & Mrs. A. Hagen Bremen, Ind. Louis Heizler Westmont, Ill. Elizabeth Heizler Westmont, IIL. Ralph Heizler Westmont, Ill. Mr. & Mrs. J. Kastner North Judson, Ind. Emma Matzat North Judson, Ind. 5. CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS 223 Harry J. Lange Westwood, N. J. Rev. Walter Lang Caldwell, Idaho Rev. Wm. G. Kennell Montgomery, Ala. Rev. Frederick F. Breuer Terryville, Conn. Rev. Theo. A. Letzring Yorktown, Iowa Rev. Marvin L. Martin Midland, Mich. Irene Martin Midland, Mich. A. T. Bliss, Jr. Midland, Mich. Mrs. Ralph Heizler Westmont, IIL. Lois Wehman Westmont, Ill. William J. Wehman Westmont, Il. Sylvia M. Baldwin Fayetteville, N.C. Mrs. John Mason Dearborn Heights, Mich. Donald Simpson Glendora, Calif. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Seegers Milton Scherf Bremen, Ind. Bertha Wernsing Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. & Mrs. H. Matzat North Judson, Ind. John W. Huseman Clarinda, Iowa Warren E. Johnson San Gabriel, Calif. Emily Hahndorf Downers Grove, II. Leander J. Krodel Downers Grove, Ill. Dorothy Plack Los Angeles, Calif. Herbert L. Schulz Houston, Tex. Mr. & Mrs. A. Bolts Ava, Mo. Reinhold A, Gohn Mayville, Wis. Oscar Koester Red Bud, Il. Martin Baden Napoleon, Ohio Leonard C. Helmold Berwyn, III. Rev. M. Beck Crestwood, Mo. Elona Stephan. San Jose Calif. Otto G. Berger Milwaukee, Wis. T. S. Skaaland Perham, Minn. Rev. A. B. Wagner Kerrviile, Tex. Herman Otten Bronx, N. Y. Marcus R. Braun Leawood, Kans. Rev. W. A. Sylwester Everett, Wash. Rev. W. F. Rolf Clifton, Tex. Mrs. Elsie Thompson Clinton, Iowa J. Charles Seelye Colorado Spgs., Colo. R. and A. Potratz Westgate, Iowa Rev. K. A. Martin Fairmont, Minn. Hamlet, Ind. Betty Vinton Midland, Mich. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dufel Manhattan Beach, Calif. Melvin Tietje Malinta, Ohio Mrs. Percy Wright Santa Rosa Calif. Rev. Eugene Paulus Boron, Calif. Ernest Lorenz Anton, Tex. Edwin W. Schumacher Bellwood, Ill. Alma Schumacher Bellwood, Ill. Rev. W. V. McCullough Port Orchard, Wash. Carol Schwieger Westmont, Ill. Mrs. Carl Schwieger Westmont, Ill. E. A. Wolters Twin Falls, Idaho Howard Troy Caledonia, Mich. Frank J. Knudsen Wayland, Mich. Eugene E, Ecker Wayland, Mich. Joyce Arlt North Judson, Ind. R. G. Rettig McClure, Ohio Leo Sonnenberg Malinta, Ohio Oval C. Smith Weston, Ohio Our Savior Luth. Cong., Ridgecrest, Calif.; Paul C. Neipp, Pastor; Lowell A. Paulsen, Secretary; Kenneth R. Koether, President Mrs. Raymond Kletz N. Judson, Ind. Messiah Luth. Cong., N. Hollywood, Calif., Rev. R. H. Goetjen, Pastor Mr. M. J. Quitmeyer Lexington, Nebr. E. Thomas N. Hollywood, Calif. Freda Hershon Southern Calif. Dist. Rev. Walter Otten Rev. Paul Lehenbauer Rev. Carl Hoffmeyer Dr. Warren Hamula Rev. Roy B. Faulstick Fred Bendewald [5-35 Un] To Petition the Detroit Convention to Request All Missouri Synod Clergymen to Withdraw from the Editorial Staff of “Dialog,” etc. Wuereas, Dialog (Autumn 1963) said in “The Case of the Honest Bishop,” an editorial on the Bishop of Woolwich, John A. T. Robinson, and his book Honest to God, which thoroughly repudiates the entire Chris- tian faith: We can only welcome a theological debate of the scope and intensity that the Bishop of Woolwich’s book has opened up, and we surely endorse his aim of finding new means of interpreting and communication of the faith to the secularized man of today. The only question is whether he was wise in exchanging the campus for the cathedral as his platform for pursuing that aim — whether the office of bishop really is compatible with the calling of what Karl Barth calls a “free theologian.” and Wuereas, Dialog in another editorial has not affirmed the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ. “Ex Virgine or Ex-Virgin,” an editorial in the Spring 1963 Dialog, left the doctrine of the virgin birth an open question. It said: These days you can almost tell the degree of a man’s theological understanding by the way he reacts to the question of whether Jesus was born of a virgin. Some people hold adamantly that a denial of the doctrine of the virgin birth is tantamount to a denial of the very foundation of the Christian Church. The similarity be- tween the motives in this view and those in the dogma of Mary’s bodily assumption is often not perceived by non-Roman proponents... The routine answers, which always begin, (‘But the bible says... ,’) only illuminate the vast gap between the work of the professional biblical scholars and the work of the normal Bible classes in congregations. and Wuereas, Dialog has editorially repudiated the doc- trine of the inspiration and inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures (Autumn 1963, pp. 272, 273, “Controversy on Inspiration”); and Wuereas, The following Lutheran Church — Mis- souri Synod clergymen have been listed among the editorial personnel of Dialog: R. Scharlemann, M. Marty, J. Pelikan, A. Piepkorn, M. Scharlemann, R. Baepler, R. Luecke, and D. Lueking; and Wuereas, One of the conditions for membership in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod is the renun- ciation of unionism and syncretism of every description such as “participation in heterodox tract and missionary activities.” (Article VI, § 2-c, Missouri Synod Con- stitution); therefore be it Resolved, That we petition the 1965 Detroit con- vention of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to request that all Missouri Synod clergymen withdraw from the editorial staff of Dialog or withdraw from The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.