# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S509
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

498 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

6. Does the document give unqualified approval to the

“historical-critical” method?

No, the document has offered guidelines for the
church’s proper use of the historical-critical method.
(Part I, A, “Our Presuppositions,” and C, “Necessary
Controls”) (Pp. 8 f. and 9f.)

7. Does the document leave room for a denial of Messi-
anic prophecy in the Old Testament?

No, as the document itself indicates, the commission
is fully committed to the Scriptures and the Lutheran

Confessions. As is well known, the Lutheran Confes-
sions strongly affirm Messianic prophecy in the Old
Testament (cf., e.g. Formula of Concord, Solid Dec-
laration, V, 23).

8. Does the commission’s document base the authority
of Scripture on extra-Biblical data?

No. Extra-Biblical data are valuable only as aids to
the understanding of Holy Scripture. The authority of
Scripture is derived from its nature as the Word of God.

Adopted by CTCR, 9/28/67.