# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S21
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of the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America. 1912. 21

[The passage down to the Skandinaven note is printed in English; the rest is translated from the German.]

“Question 1: Is there anything in paragraph one (§ 1) which is
essentially different from paragraph three (§ 3) on the ‘Agreement’
(‘Opgjör’)?
“Answer: ‘No.’
“Question 2: If we accept paragraph one (§ 1), do we thereby
accept the so-called second form of the doctrine?
“Answer: ‘In the first paragraph no form is accepted but the
doctrine contained in the two forms. The Norwegian Synod's com-
mittee accepts without reservation the first form of the doctrine as
that of Scripture and the confession, but can nevertheless recognize
as brethren those who hold the second form as seen in the light of the
subsequent paragraphs of the ‘Agreement’ (‘Opgjör’).
“(Translated from Skandinaven of June 10, 1912.)”

4. The Letter Adopted to the Honorable Ev. Luth. Norwegian Synod.

To the Honorable Synod of the Norwegian Ev. Luth. Church of America,
in care of President Dr. H. G. Stub at St. Paul, Minn.

Esteemed, dear fathers and brethren in the LORD!

Just forty years ago the Ev. Luth. Synodical Conference of North America was founded. Your Honorable Synod also took part in this founding and thereby entered into the closest fellowship of faith with the other synods of the Synodical Conference [*Synodalkonferenz*]. About ten years afterward your Honorable Synod indeed dissolved its organic connection with the Synodical Conference, but not the relationship of fellow-believers. This has rather been continued and cultivated in the right way and in the most pleasant manner by the sending of delegates to the Synodical Conference, by joint pastoral conferences, by pulpit and altar fellowship, by participation in works of mission and charity. At the last convention of the Synodical Conference, which took place from 14 to 19 August 1912 at Saginaw, Mich., two members of your Honorable Synod also appeared as delegates, to our great joy, the professors President Dr. H. G. Stub and Dr. J. Ylvisaker, and gave expression to the existing relationship of fellow-believers. This relationship, the intimate bond which, in spite of the difference of nation and language, unites your Honorable Synod and the synods of the Synodical Conference, moves us to address this letter to you, and as it proceeds from intimate brotherly love, so we ask you, dear fathers and brethren, to receive it in the same love.
The relationship of fellow-believers brings holy duties with it, also the duty of brotherly reminder and representation. For this we have the express biblical direction and the fine example of the early Christian congregations. Now the Synodical Conference has taken notice of the movement toward union among the Norwegian