# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S486
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LIST OF REPORTS AND OVERTURES

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To Sever All Ties with National Council of
Churches
To Deny Petitions for Membership in World
Council of Chur¢hes
To Stay Out of World Council of Churches —_

Other Fellowship Matters

To Acknowledge Blessings on
Roman Catholic Dialogs
To Initiate Action to Resume Fellowship with
Wisconsin and Evangelical Lutheran Synods —
(Also 2-165B)

To Stress Cooperative Welfare Services —___

To Pursue Closer Relationship with Other Lu-
theran Bodies
To Celebrate and Express Unity of Faith
To Seek Fellowship with Other Christians __
To Interpret Article VI 2 b Re Worship Fel-
lowship
To Stress “Publica Doctrina”
lowship Efforts
To Abolish Unconfessional Fellowship Practice
in Our Mission Fields
To Repent of Sin of Unionism —_--_
To Reexamine Evaluation of “Animal Lodges”
To Protest Youth Gatherings Involving Our
Youth with Members of LCA ___

Lutheran-

in Future Fel-

3. Seminary Issues
Reports and Statements

President's Report Re Resolution 2-28 _ __.
Report of Board of Control, St. Louis Seminary
Supplemental Report (Dissen-Weber) ——___
Supplemental Report (Fincke-Burmeister) __.
Report of Special Task Force on Accreditation
To Recognize Reports of Board of Control as
Fulfillment of Resolution 2-28

(Also 3-11B, C)
To Declare Faculty Statement Inadequate
To Reject St.Louis Faculty Statements and
Gospel Reductionism
To Declare St. Louis Seminary Document Mis-
representative and Inadequate a

(Also 3-14B, C)
To Evaluate Seminary Document (Also 3-15B)
To Endorse “Report of Synodical President” —
To Support Dr. Preus’ Recommendations
To Take Action to Conform with Synod’s Offi-
cial Doctrinal Position (Also 3-18B) —_
To Deal Pastorally But Firmly with Those Who
Preach, Teach, Publish, Permit, or Promote
Doctrine Not in Accord with Biblical, Confes-
sional, or LCMS Positions -

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“A Statement” and Article I

To Discuss and Accept “A Statement”
To Introduce Special Rules for Action on “A
Statement” or Any Other Doctrinal Matter __
To Not Bring “A Statement” to a Vote
To Reaffirm Confessional Basis
(Also 3-24B, C)
To Accept Articles II and VI as Sole Basis for
Faith and Practice nn
To Define Article II
(Also 3-26B, C)
To Revise Article II -
To Restate Article II of Sy nod’ s “Constitution _
To Resist Any Addition to Article I] __
To Reaffirm Confessional Commitment of Arti-
cle II of Synod’s Constitution —__.._—>=S
(Also 3-29B)
Not to Adopt “A Statement of Scriptural and
Confessional Principles”
To Take Action on “Statement”
To Use “A Statement” Only for Study —___
(Also 3-32B)
To Withdraw “A Statement”

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To Approve “Statement of Scriptural and Con-

fessional Principles” —_____»______ 1
(Also 3-34B, C, D)

To Use Dr. Preus’ “Statement” ———~-____ 125
(Also 3-35B, C, D, E, F)

To Endorse “A Statement of Scriptural and

Confessional Principles” —_ 125
(Also 3-36B, C, D, E, F, G. H, I)

To Accept “A Statement” 125
(Also 3-37B, C, D)

To Approve “A Statement” «i126
(Also 3-38B, C, D, E, F, G)

To Commend President Preus for Issuing “A

Statement” 127
(Also 3-39B, C, D, E)

To Endorse Doctrinal Content of “A State-

ment” 127

To Accept “A Statement” and Support the

President 127

To Accept “A Statement” as Correct Declara-

tion 128
(Also 3-42B, C)

To Adopt and Use “A Statement” ____——«*a128
(Also 3-43B, C, D, E, F)

To Declare “A Statement” Scriptural 128

To Require Subscription to ‘A Statement” — 129
(Also 3-45B, C)

To Bind Professors and Administrators to “A

Statement” 129

Methods and Principles of Interpretation

To Have Congregations Study the New Meth-

ods of Biblical Interpretation ——§ ______ 130

To Permit Teachers to Use Tools of Their Pro-

fession 130
(Also 3- 52B)

Neither to Endorse Nor Reject Specific Meth-

odologies es 6 3 |
(Also 3-53B, CI D, E, F, G)_

To Take No Position... sid‘

To Encourage Contemporary Methods of Bible

Study —__- 131

To Protest Use of Historical-Critical Method

as Acceptable Method 131

To Oppose Single Use of Historical-Critical

Method _ 131

To Reject Use of ‘Historical- Critical Method _. 132
(Also 3-58B, C)

To Remove the Historical-Critical Method __ 132
(Also 3-59B)

To Condemn Methods of Biblical Interpretation

Which Question Historical Reliability of Scrip-

ture 133

To Reaffirm Lutheran Principles of Interpreta-

tion 133
(Also 3- 61B)

To Enforce Teaching Inerrancy of Scripture — 134
(Also 3-62B)

To Affirm Historicity of Biblical Accounts __ 134
(Also 3-63B, C)

To Restrict Use of Historical-Critical Method 135
(Also 3-64B)

To Request Both Seminary Faculties to Re-

spond to Questions Concerning Historical-Crit-

ical Method 135

To Repudiate Historical- Critical Method ___ 136

To Reaffirm Primacy of the Gospel 136

To Confess Scriptural Inerrancy —_ 136

To Assure Adherence to Scripture and Not

Simply to a Mystic “Gospel Principle” — 137

To Repudiate “Gospelism” ___ 137
(Also 3-70B)

To Emphasize That We Find Christ in the

Scriptures 138

AATS
To Remedy Conditions Which Precipitated Ac-
tion of AATS ____ 138

(Also 3-81B, C, D)