# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_March 20 2012_S5
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

1.8.2 Dissent from doctrinal resolutions and statements is to be expressed first within the fellowship of
peers and then brought to the attention of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations before
finding expression as an overture to the convention calling for revision or recision. While the
conscience of the dissenter shall be respected, the consciences of others, as well as the collective will
of the Synod, shall also be respected.

108. Letter to Commission on Handbook
Final changes were made to a letter addressed to the Commission on Handbook in response to that
commission’s December 27, 2011 letter to the CCM, clarifying a number of issues surfaced by CCM
Opinion 11-2600.
109. Adjournment
After brief discussion of matters to be addressed during the commission’s April 13–14 meeting, the
meeting was adjourned with words of benediction.

Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary

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