LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 216

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216 UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND OVERTURES

Mrs. Raymond Kletz Freda Hershon
N. Judson, Ind. Southern Calif. Dist.
Messiah Luth. Cong., N. Hollywood, Rev. Walter Otten
Calif., R. H. Goetjen, Pastor Rev. Paul Lehenbauer
Mr. M. J. Quitmeyer Rev. Carl Hoffmeyer
Lexington, Nebr. Dr. Warren Hamula
E. Thomas Rev. Roy B. Faulstick
N. Hollywood, Calif. Fred Bendewald

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

Wuereas, Dr. Robert Scharlemann has levied at-
tacks against the Scriptural teaching of the resurrection
of Christ and against the inerrancy of Holy Scrip-
ture, having written:

Bultmann regards the accounts of the empty tomb as
legendary additions to the Gospels, intended to serve as
mythological proof for the resurrection. What evidence
is there to support that conclusion? First of all the texts
are suspect because of their many discrepancies, not all
of which concern minor details. Here are a few. In Mat-
thew the women come to see the tomb; in Mark and
Luke to anoint the body. In John it is still dark when
they come; in Mark it is after sun has risen. Matthew
names the visitors as Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary; Mark names them as Mary Magdalene, Mary the
mother of James and Salome; Luke names them as Mary
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Joanna and the
other woman; in John, Mary Magdalene comes alone.
In Matthew the angel is outside the tomb, sitting on the
stone he had rolled away; in Mark he (a young man in
a white robe) is inside the tomb; in Luke two angels
suddenly appear to the women after they have first
looked around in the tomb.

The philosophical-theological question is whether
there is any intrinsic connection between the empty grave
and the resurrection of Christ. On this point the theolo-
gians are agreed. There is no necessary connection. That
is to say, it is possible to conceive that the corpse of
Jesus decayed in the grave and that the bones are still
there, but that Jesus Christ is at the same time truly
resurrected. (Dialog, Spring 1962)

Unless one so defines “error” that it does not really
mean an error in the normal sense; or unless one holds
to the word “inerrancy” with a sort of blind dogmatism,
the assertion that the Bible is inerrant, “that is, contains
no error,” simply cannot be supported by the Biblical
evidence itself.

In fact, however, the reasons why theologians and
many Christian scholars do not accept the literalistic, or
Fundamentalistic, interpretation of Genesis I is that the
Biblical evidence against it is overwhelming. It is not
a question of accepting or not accepting Genesis I; it is
a question of accepting an inadequate interpretation or
a more adequate one. (The Lutheran Scholar, April 1963,
Letters to the Editor)

therefore be it
Resolved, That we ask the 1965 Detroit convention
of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to require
the President of the District of which Dr. Robert
Scharlemann is presently a member to deal with him
according to the synodical Handbook as one who is
guilty of false doctrine.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Marting Rev. Vernon H. Harley
Chicago, Ill. Corpus Christi, Tex.

Mr. & Mrs. Anselm A. Anderson Rev. R. H. Goetjen
St. Paul, Minn. North Hollywood, Calif.

S. J. Frazen
Baton Rouge, La.
Joseph C. Elias
Elkhart, Ind.
Herman Dittmar
Petoskey, Mich.
Gerhard L. Freundt
Elmwood Park, HI.
August H. Koelling —
Chicago Heights, Ill.
Rev. Robert W. Hill
Paris, Tex.
Harold A. Meyer
Malinta, Ohio
Dave McGuire
Anaheim, Calif.
Arno A. Lehenbauer
St. Louis, Mo.
Joann E. Williams
San Rafael, Calif.
William J. Buescher
Steeleville, Ill.
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. Kempff
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Clifford Armgard
Westmont, II.
Andrea M. Hills
Van Nuys, Calif.
Cora Hills
Van Nuys, Calif.
W. E. Spitzer
San Jose, Calif.
David Dautenhahn
Rolla, Mo.
Esther Buescher
Steeleville, Ill.
Elsie J. Schroeder
Detroit, Mich.
Arthur O. Schroeder
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Charles Staffeldt
Downers Grove, Ill.
Alvin T. Perlich
Downers Grove, IIL.
Clyde R. Sheperd
Weston, Ohio
Magdeline Carter
Lemont, Ill.

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, Tl.

Cleste R. Lewis
Fresno, Calif.

Laurence A. Lewis
Fresno, Calif.

Katherine E. Herfurth
Richmond, Va.

Charles A. Lorenz
Loveland, Tex.

Garry Schol
Morrison, III.

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

Rev. Arnold H. Gebhardt
Hooper, Nebr.

Louis J. Meyer
Springfield, Til.

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, Ml.

Mrs. Stewart Hall
Bremen, Ind.

Mr. Larry D. Vinton
Midland, Mich.

Edna Buescher
Steeleville, Ill.

Kathryn E. Bliss
Midland, Mich.

Mr. & Mrs. Louis 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.