# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S360
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360 PARISH EDUCATION AND SERVICES

problems, and the faculties of our seminaries and teachers
colleges. Appreciation is also extended to our District
education executives for their wholehearted cooperation
in providing synodical leadership for parish education.
Appreciation is also extended to the members of various
committees who worked on special assignments for the
Board of Parish Education and to all individuals who
participated in our work through editorial contributions,
field-testing, field service, or other leadership activities.
Finally, we extend a special word of appreciation to
pastors, professional teachers, and lay teachers who
shared with us their reactions to programs and curricular
materials based on use in teaching-learning situations
and thus provided insights that helped us serve the
church better in Christian education.

BOARD OF PARISH EDUCATION

Justus P. KRETZMANN, Chairman

VICTOR C. KRAUSE
HOWARD LAWONN
CHARLES LAWRENCE
MARTIN F. LUEBKE
WILLIS L. WRIGHT
ARTHUR H. ZIEGLER

B. H. ARKEBAUER
WALTER BLEKE

ROBERT L. CONRAD
WALTER F.. DOBBERFUHL
RUDOLPH A. HAAK
ERICH E. HELGE

ARTHUR L. MILLER, Executive Secretary

ALLAN H. JAHSMANN, Executive Editor

MARTIN F. WESSLER, Director of Field Services
DELBERT SCHULZ, Director of Research and Development
Wo. A. KRAMER, Secretary of Schools

DALE E. GRIFFIN, Secretary of Part-Time Agencies
VicToR A. CONSTIEN, Secretary of Adult Education

(7-02)

To Restore Full Harmony Between Prophecy
and Fulfillment in the RSV Used
in New Catechism

WuerEAS, It is impossible to translate so precisely
and fluently from the original manuscripts to modern
English that it is acceptable to all, yet it is basic to the
full Gospel of Jesus Christ that there is full harmony
between Old Testament Messianic prophecies and their
New Testament fulfillment; and

Wuereas, The well-received Revised Standard Ver-
sion allows repeated inconsistencies in the backbone
of the Messianic prophecies of Christ's ancestors (Mat-
thew 1 and Luke 3), when in Galatians 3:16 the apostle
Paul, inspired by the Holy Ghost and 1,900 years closer
to the actual Hebrew usage than any Hebrew scholar
today, insists that the word “seed, or offspring, or de-
scendant” is singular in Genesis 22:18; 26:4; 28:14,
where the Hebrew word bezarehecha (2d masculine
singular) is used throughout, and the Septuagint has
spermati, the singular throughout, and in Acts 3:25 the
same word is used, prohibiting the use of either the
plural or the collective in all these passages, yet the RSV
translators have used either the plural or the collective;
and

Wuereas, These passages in the RSV do not com-

pletely destroy prophecy and fulfillment, yet they seri-
ously impair the basis of our precious faith: and

Wuereas, The RSV is being used exclusively as the
Biblical text in the new catechism; and

Wuereas, We, the St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church of
Swanville, Minn., have resolved to refrain from using
the new catechism until full harmony in the Messianic
prophecies and fulfillment of the Biblical text is re-
stored, without judging the motives of either the trans-
lators or those who edited the catechism: therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod in its convention instruct
our Committee on Bible Versions and our Board of
Parish Education to exert their influence that full har-
mony between prophecy and fulfillment in the Revised
Standard Version be restored, so that the new catechism
can be used by the whole church without silently sub-
mitting to so serious an impairment to the basis of our
Christian faith.

St. PeTer’s Ev. LUTHERAN CONGREGATION
Swanville, Minn.
ArTHUR E. Beck, Pastor

(7-03)

To Take a Position on Use of Public Funds
for Church Education

WHEREAS, A number of problems in parochial and
private education have become apparent; and

Wuereas, The historic stand of The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod has affirmed the independence and
religious character of church education; and

WuerEAsS, Proposed solutions have been urged on the
church through the acceptance of financial support from
public funds and for salaries and tuition; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod continue to probe, evaluate, and give highest
priority to the solution of any and all problems appar-
ent in our educational system; and be it further

Resolved, That we continue to insist on the preroga-
tive and responsibility of our church to maintain, im-
prove, and when necessary correct her educational
agencies without outside interference: and be it further

Resolved, That we express our opposition to any
form of public support that might in any way infringe
upon or jeopardize this right and responsibility; and
be it finally

Resolved, That this memorial be submitted by the
Southern District to the synodical convention. at Denver,

1969. SouTHERN DistrRICT

LotTHAR KLEINHANS, Secretary
(7-04)
To Authorize Comprehensive Study

of Christian Education

Great ferment is taking place throughout the land
on the subject of the educational systems in our so-
ciety. People are increasingly aware that education is
a vital force. Sensitive to the dynamic aspect of society,