# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S298
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298 SUPPLEMENT TO CTCR REPORT

then illumined by the prophets, and finally proclaimed and
revealed by Christ among the Jews, and spread by the
apostles throughout the world. (Apology XII, 53)

This hereditary sin is so deep a corruption of nature
that reason cannot understand it. It must be believed be-
cause of the revelation in the Scriptures (Ps. 51:5, Rom. 5:
12 ff., Exod. 33:20, Gen. 3:6 ff.). What the scholastic theo-
logians taught concerning this article is therefore nothing
but error and stupidity... . :

Such and many similar notions have resulted from mis-
understanding and ignorance concerning sin and concerning

Christ, our Savior. They are thoroughly pagan doctrines,
and we cannot tolerate them. If such teachings were true,
Christ would have died in vain, for there would be no de-
fect or sin in man for which He would have had to die, or
else He would have died only for the body and not for the
soul inasmuch as the soul would be sound and only the
body vould be subject to death. (Smalcald Articles III,
i, 3. 11
Tu. F. Nicke., Chairman

Herpert J. A. Bouman, Secretary