# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S18
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18 Verhandlungen der vierundzwanzigſten Verſammlung

und der Heilsordnung erzielt haben, und wir alle es als unſers Herzens
Glauben bekennen, daß wir allein aus Gnaden gerettet werden, ohne
irgendwelche Mitwirkung von unſerer Seite, und
„da die Verhandlungen unſerer neuen Komiteen zu einem be⸗
friedigenden Abſchluß betreffs der Lehre von der Wahl und zu einer
vorbehaltloſen und einſtimmigen Anerkennung der Gnadenwahlslehre
geführt haben, wie ſie in der Konkordienformel, Sol. Decl., Art. 11,
und in Pontoppidans ‚Sandhed til gudfrygtighed‘, Frage 548, dar⸗
geſtellt iſt,
„ſo erklären wir hiermit, daß die weſentliche übereinſtimmung in
dieſen Lehren, die nun erzielt worden iſt, zur kirchlichen Vereinigung
genügt.
„Der allmächtige Gott und Vater unſers HErrn JEſu Chriſti gebe
ſeines Heiligen Geiſtes Gnade dazu, daß wir alle in ihm eins ſeien und
allezeit in dieſer chriſtlichen und ihm wohlgefälligen Einigkeit ver⸗
bleiben! Amen.“

3. Das „Opgjör“ in engliſcher überſetzung.

“Regarding the doctrine of Predestination the Committees on
Union have agreed to concur in the following

“Agreement.

“1. The Synod and United Church Committees on Union
acknowledge unanimously and without reservation the doctrine of
Predestination which is stated in the Eleventh Article of the Formula
of Concord (the so-called ‘first form of the doctrine’) and in Pon-
toppidan's ‘Explanation’ (‘Sandhed til Gudfrygtighed’), Question 548
(the so-called ‘second form of the doctrine’).
“2. Whereas the conferring church bodies acknowledge that
Art. XI of the Formula of Concord presents the pure and correct
doctrine of God's Word and the Lutheran Church regarding the
Election of the children of God to salvation, it is deemed unnecessary
to church union to construct new and more extensive theses concerning
this article of faith.
“3. But since in regard to the doctrine of Election it is well
known that two forms of the doctrine have been used, both of which
have been recognized in the orthodox Lutheran church, viz., that
some, with the Formula of Concord, make the doctrine of Election
to comprise the entire salvation of the elect from the calling to the
glorification, (cf. ‘Thorough Explanation,’ Articles 10—20) and teach
an Election ‘to salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and
faith in the truth,’ while others, like Pontoppidan, in consonance with
John Gerhard, Scriver, and other acknowledged doctrinal fathers,
define Election specifically as the decree of final glorification, with the
Spirit's work of faith and perseverance as its necessary postulate,
and teach that ‘God has ordained to eternal life all those whom from
eternity He foresaw would accept the proffered grace, believe in Christ,