# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_FEBRUARY 28 1961_S10
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Rev. Dan R. Ludwig Page Two March 30, 1964

‘All overtures to Synod asking for changes of, or
amendments to, the Constitution of Synod or which in
any manner affect the Constitution or Bylaws, shall
be submitted to the Committee on Constitutional
Matters in order that it may examine their contents
and language as to their agreement with the Constitu-
tional and Bylaws of Synod;' therefore be it

"RESOLVED, A. That the English District reaffirms its adherence
to the confessional standard set forth in Article II of
Synod's Constitution; and

B. That the English District memorialize the 1962
Convention of Synod to declare Resolution 9, Committee
3, of the 1959 Convention unconstitutional. (Action:
Adopted. )

Resolution 2.

"It was then RESOLVED (on motion by Pastor J. Gockel
with second by Pastor J. P. Kretzmann) to directa
request to Synod's Committee on Constitutional Matters
for an immediate ruling on the constitutionality of
Resolution 9, Committee 3 of the 1959 San Francisco
Convention, which resolution carried. "!

The request of the English District that the Committee on Constitutional
Matters rule on the constitutionality of Resolution Number 9 is the only request
which the Committee has received for such a ruling.

At a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Matters held on September
10, 1960, at Valparaiso University, our Committee met with a Committee
appointed by the President of the English District. The various objections to
the Synodical Resolution were voiced and discussed. Asa result of this dis-
cussion the President's Committee of the English District was requested to
submit a memorandum stating succinctly the reasons why the English District
considers Resolution Number 9 unconstitutional.

The memorandum submitted by your committee is as follows:
Theses;

1. We agree with points 7 and 8 of Article III of our
Synodical Constitution. (Re. Discipline)

2. We believe the life of the church depends on each
generation's study of Scripture and the Confessions
of the Church; and the continued formulation of
doctrinal statemients in accord therewith. . - But

3. We do not believe a small representation of the
church should ever have the power to determine these