LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 212

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212 UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND OVERTURES

5. Constitutional Matters
and Membership Applications
[5-29 Un]

To Request the Detroit Convention to
Ask the President of the District in Which
Dr. Martin Scharlemann Now Holds
Membership to Deal with Him According
to the Synodical “Handbook,” ete.

Wuereas, Dr. Martin Scharlemann has written:

1. “. . the Scriptures themselves are not a revela-
tion, but a medium of revelation, whereby we today are
brought into contact with God’s redeeming acts in their
claim on us” (“The Bible as Record, Medium, and
Witness”);

2. Quoting Kittel’s Woerterbuch, Dr. Scharlemann
agrees that “Revelation is not the communication of
supernatural knowledge and not the stimulation of
numinous feelings” (“Revelation and Inspiration”) ;

3. “In this paper I propose to defend the paradox
that the Book of God’s truth contains errors” (“The
Inerrancy of Scripture”);

4, “Most certainly David believed that other gods
ruled outside the confines of Israel.” “H. H. Rowley,
therefore, may be quite right in saying, ‘Moses was
less than a monotheist, but he was more than a heno-
theist’!” (“God Is One,” Lutheran Quarterly, Aug.
1959); and

Wuereas, The above statements are contrary to the
Word of God and therefore false doctrine; and

Wuereas, Dr. Martin Scharlemann has written after
the 1962 Cleveland convention of The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod that his essays do not contain false
doctrine and that his “apology” was not a retraction of
any false doctrine; and

WHEREAS, Some members of the Commission on The-
ology and Church Relations insist that the “Scharle-
mann Case” has not been settled and that Dr. Scharle-
mann’s essays contain false doctrine, while other
members of the same commission contend that the
“Scharlemann Case” is settled and that Dr. Scharle-
mann’s essays do not contain false doctrine; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the 1965 Detroit convention of The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod request the Presi-
dent of the District of which Dr. Scharlemann is pres-
ently a member to deal with him according to the
synodical Handbook as one who is guilty of false doc-
trine.

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Marting
Chicago, Il.

Mr. & Mrs. Anselm A. Anderson
St. Paul, Minn.

Rev. Vernon H. Harley
Corpus Christi, Tex.

Rev. R. H. Goetjen
North Hollywood, Calif.

S. J. Frazen
Baton Rouge, La.

Joseph C. Elias
Elkhart, Ind.

Herman Dittmar
Petoskey, Mich.

Gerhard L. Freundt
Elmwood Park, Ill.

August H. Koelling
Chicago Heights, Ill.

Rev. Robert W. Hill
Paris, Tex.

Harold A. Meyer
Malinta, Ohio

Anita Meyer
Malinta, Ohio

Dave McGuire
Anaheim, Calif.
Arno A. Lehenbauer
St. Louis, Mo.

Joann E, Williams
San Rafael, Calif.
William J. Buescher
Steeleville, Il.
R. W. Siegert
New Kensington, Pa.
William C. Clark
Indianapolis, Ind.
Evelyn M. Biermann
Burley, Idaho
Edward Kerbs
Burley, Idaho
Mrs. Glenn A. Koch
Burley, Idaho
Donald E. Rehwalt
Burley, Idaho
Eigil Hansen
Burley, Idaho
Emma Wolters
Burley, Idaho
Allan W. Ashton
Burley, Idaho
Paul Werner
Burley, Idaho
Elizabeth Werner
Burley, Idaho
Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Tallefson
Burley, Idaho
Robert F. Schneider

North Hollywood, Calif.

Fred W. Jacobs
Scioto Mills, Tl.
E. F. Siegert
New Kensington, Pa.
Ida E. Siegert
New Kensington, Pa.
Mary S. Kempff
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Theodore G. Kempft
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Clifford Armgard
Westmont, Ill.
Andrea M. Hills
Van Nuys, Calif.
Cora Hills
Van Nuys, Calif.
W.E. Spitzer
San Jose, Calif.
David Dautenhahn
Rolla, Mo.
Esther Buescher
Steeleville, Hl.
Elsie J. Schroeder
Detroit, Mich.
Arthur O. Schroeder
Detroit, Mich.
Arthur E. Schroeder
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Charles Staffeldt
Downers Grove, Ill.
Charles F. Staffeldt
Downers Grove, Iil.
Alvin T. Perlich
Downers Grove, Iil.
Clyde R. Sheperd
Weston, Ohio
Magdeline Carter
Lemont, Tl.
Edmund C. Henrichs
Atkins, Iowa
Bessie M. Genuit
Wauseon, Ohio
Edw. H. Genuit
Wauseon, Ohio
Mr. & Mrs. E. Maier
Hazelton, Idaho

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Stratmann

Hampton, Iowa
Paul W. Neipp
Springfield, Hl.
Cleste R. Lewis
Fresno, Calif.
Laurence A. Lewis
Fresno, Calif.
Katherine E. Herfurth
Richmond, Va.
Charles A. Lorenz
Loveland, Tex.
Garry Schol
Morrison, Ill.
Donald Martens
Buhl, Idaho
Herman J. Wolff
Kingston, N. Y.
Alfred L. Vonderscheer
Redding, Calif.
Rev. Ernest Schutt (em.)
St. Louis, Mo.
John K. Schmidt
Baton Rouge, La.
Korine Reas
Pontiac, Mich.
A. F, Paasch
Clinton, Iowa
Byrd Paasch
Clinton, Iowa
Rev. Arnold H. Gebhardt
Hooper, Nebr.
Louis J. Meyer
Springfield, I.
Rev. John J. A. McRee
Catawba, N.C.
Rev. F. A. Lindenmyr
Grant, Nebr.
Margaret Kreckenberg
Lincoln, Nebr.
Stanley P. Koelling
Glendale, N. Y.
Vincent J. Hohmann
North Tonawanda, N. Y.
Mr. & Mrs. E. C, Hill
Littlefield, Tex.
Walter Harmening
South Branch, Minn.
Mrs. Harmon L. Brown
Midland, Mich.
Mr. Russel Barnes
Delhi, Ontario, Can.
Dr. & Mrs. Jack W. Andrews
Costa Mesa, Calif.
Mr, & Mrs. Arthur Abel
Royal, Iowa
Dora Krodel
Hinsdale, Ill.
Mrs. Stewart Hall
Bremen, Ind.
Mr. Larry D. Vinton
Midland, Mich.
Edna Buescher
Steeleville, Il].
Kathryn E. Bliss
Midland, Mich.
Mr. & Mrs. Louise B. Hall
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bernard
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Evelyn L. Lund
Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Delbose

Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Charles Lund
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Mrs. Wm. D. Farnsworth
Glendora, Calif.
Mr. & Mrs. Ewald Matzat
North Judson, Ind.

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