# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S164
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164 RESOLUTIONS

Synodical conventions from San Francisco in 1959
through Denver in 1969 have sought in vain the solu-
tion to this dilemma. We pray the Holy Spirit that the
resolution herewith submitted will represent at least
a step toward the solution.

Wuereas, Article II designates the Holy Scripture
as “the only rule and norm of faith and practice” (Con-
stitution II, 1, Handbook, p. 15) and therefore the Synod
accepts anything and everything that the Scriptures
teach; and

Wuereas, Article II of the LCMS Constitution does
not imply that the Lutheran Confessions are an exhaus-

tive list of the articles of faith, a kind of quantitative
total which Lutherans must accept and beyond which
they are not bound; nor does it imply that Lutherans
are not bound by anything that the Scriptures teach
unless it is also at least implicitly taught in the Lu-
theran Confessions; and

Wuereas, Article VIII, C of the Constitution of the
Synod, which has to do with resolutions at synodical
meetings, says: “All matters of doctrine and of con-
science shall be decided only by the Word of God. All
other matters shall be decided by a majority vote”
(Handbook, p. 18), and thus carries the clear indication

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