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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 128

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128 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 5

To Decline to Request District President
to Deal with Dr. Gilbert Thiele

RESOLUTION 5-19

Overture 5-30 Un (URO, pp. 19—21)

Wuerreas, The Synod has provided specific pro-
cedures for handling all charges dealing with doctrinal
matters; and

Wuereas, These procedures (Handbook, Article V
and Section 6.83) are available to all who believe they
have just cause; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-30 Un be declined.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Decline to Require District President
to Deal with Dr. Robert Scharlemann

RESOLUTION 5-20

Overture 5-31 Un (URO, pp. 21—23)

Wuereas, The Synod has provided specific pro-
cedures for handling all charges dealing with doctrinal
matters; and

Wuereas, These procedures (Handbook, Article V)
are available to all who believe they have just cause;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-31 Un be declined.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Decline to Request District President
to Deal with Dr. Carl Krekeler, Dr. William
Bloom, and Dr. O. P. Kretzmann
RESOLUTION 5-21

Overture 5-34 Un (URO, pp. 26—28)

Wuereas, The Synod has provided specific pro-
cedures for handling all charges dealing with doctrinal
matters; and

Wuereas, These procedures (Handbook, Article V)
are available to all who believe they have just cause;
therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-34 Un be declined.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Decline Request Regarding
Dr. Martin Scharlemann

RESOLUTION 5-22

Overture 5-29 Un (URO, pp. 17—19)

Wuereas, The Cleveland convention of the Synod
has acted on the matter in question and has instructed
the Commission on Theology and Church Relations to
study the issues involved; and

Wuereas, This study has not as yet been finalized;
and

Wuereas, The papers referred to have been with-
drawn by Dr. Martin Scharlemann; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 5-29 Un be declined; and be
it further

Resolved, That the Commission on Theology and
Church Relations be encouraged to continue to give all
possible attention to the issues involved; and be it
finally

Resolved, That we remind the signers of Overture
5-29 Un of the provision of Resolution 3-19 of the
Cleveland convention that the Synod refrain from
attacks on Dr. Martin Scharlemann on the basis of the
essays mentioned in Resolution 3-19 of the Cleveland
convention and Overture 5-29 Un (URO, p. 17)

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Refer to “Handbook” Procedure
in Regard to Overture 5-44 Un

RESOLUTION 5-23

Overture 5-44 Un (URO, pp. 33, 34)

Wuereas, The “examples of doctrinal offense” cited
in paragraphs 1—8 of Overture 5-44 Un are not sub-
stantiated; and

Wuereas, The procedure urged in paragraphs 1—6
(page 34) of Overture 5-44 Un is essentially the pro-
cedure contained in the Synod’s Handbook, Sections
6.83 and 5.23—5.43, with the exception of the time
limitation in paragraph 3; therefore be it

Resolved, That we refer the signers of Overture
5-44 Un to the existing procedures in the Handbook.

Action: This resolution was referred to the Synod’s
President.

Certification of Delegates to Convention
RESOLUTION 5-24

Overture 5-48 M (TB, p. 23)

Wuereas, There is nothing in the Handbook which
gives the District convention the right to declare a dele-
gate certified or noncertified; therefore be it

Resolved, That the convention declare such practice
improper and unnecessary; and be it further

Resolved, That the Commission on Constitutional
Matters be instructed to clarify Sections 1.53 and 1.57
to that effect in case it is felt that this may be necessary.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Change Certain Sections
of the Synodical “Handbook”
RESOLUTION 5-25
Reports 4-04, Appendices B, C, E, 4-05 (CW, pp. 148 to
150, 153, 154)
Overture 4-27 (CW, pp. 165, 166)
Wuereas, Experience has shown a need for certain

changes in the synodical Handbook; therefore be it

Resolved, That the following Handbook sections be
revised, amended, or deleted as follows: