LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 223

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Mrs. R. Miller
Birch River, Man.
Geo. F. Lussky, Ph. D.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Mrs. Alice Stahl
Chicago, Il.
Rev. Albert C. Rolf
Chula Vista, Calif.
Ernst Manthei
Petoskey, Mich.
Leo Golke
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Mr. & Mrs. D, Dunkel
Boyne City, Mich.
Louis R. Kabelman
Petoskey, Mich.
Mr. & Mrs. A. Hagen
Bremen, Ind.
Louis Heizler
Westmont, Ill.
Elizabeth Heizler
Westmont, IIL.
Ralph Heizler
Westmont, Ill.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kastner
North Judson, Ind.
Emma Matzat
North Judson, Ind.

5. CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS 223

Harry J. Lange
Westwood, N. J.
Rev. Walter Lang
Caldwell, Idaho
Rev. Wm. G. Kennell
Montgomery, Ala.
Rev. Frederick F. Breuer
Terryville, Conn.
Rev. Theo. A. Letzring
Yorktown, Iowa
Rev. Marvin L. Martin
Midland, Mich.
Irene Martin
Midland, Mich.
A. T. Bliss, Jr.
Midland, Mich.
Mrs. Ralph Heizler
Westmont, IIL.
Lois Wehman
Westmont, Ill.
William J. Wehman
Westmont, Il.
Sylvia M. Baldwin
Fayetteville, N.C.
Mrs. John Mason
Dearborn Heights, Mich.
Donald Simpson
Glendora, Calif.

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Seegers Milton Scherf

Bremen, Ind.
Bertha Wernsing

Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. & Mrs. H. Matzat

North Judson, Ind.
John W. Huseman

Clarinda, Iowa
Warren E. Johnson

San Gabriel, Calif.
Emily Hahndorf

Downers Grove, II.

Leander J. Krodel

Downers Grove, Ill.

Dorothy Plack
Los Angeles, Calif.
Herbert L. Schulz
Houston, Tex.
Mr. & Mrs. A. Bolts
Ava, Mo.
Reinhold A, Gohn
Mayville, Wis.
Oscar Koester
Red Bud, Il.
Martin Baden
Napoleon, Ohio
Leonard C. Helmold
Berwyn, III.
Rev. M. Beck
Crestwood, Mo.
Elona Stephan.
San Jose Calif.
Otto G. Berger
Milwaukee, Wis.
T. S. Skaaland
Perham, Minn.
Rev. A. B. Wagner
Kerrviile, Tex.
Herman Otten
Bronx, N. Y.
Marcus R. Braun
Leawood, Kans.
Rev. W. A. Sylwester
Everett, Wash.
Rev. W. F. Rolf
Clifton, Tex.
Mrs. Elsie Thompson
Clinton, Iowa
J. Charles Seelye

Colorado Spgs., Colo.

R. and A. Potratz
Westgate, Iowa

Rev. K. A. Martin
Fairmont, Minn.

Hamlet, Ind.
Betty Vinton
Midland, Mich.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dufel
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Melvin Tietje
Malinta, Ohio
Mrs. Percy Wright
Santa Rosa Calif.
Rev. Eugene Paulus
Boron, Calif.
Ernest Lorenz
Anton, Tex.
Edwin W. Schumacher
Bellwood, Ill.
Alma Schumacher
Bellwood, Ill.
Rev. W. V. McCullough
Port Orchard, Wash.
Carol Schwieger
Westmont, Ill.
Mrs. Carl Schwieger
Westmont, Ill.
E. A. Wolters
Twin Falls, Idaho
Howard Troy
Caledonia, Mich.
Frank J. Knudsen
Wayland, Mich.
Eugene E, Ecker
Wayland, Mich.
Joyce Arlt
North Judson, Ind.
R. G. Rettig
McClure, Ohio
Leo Sonnenberg
Malinta, Ohio
Oval C. Smith
Weston, Ohio
Our Savior Luth. Cong., Ridgecrest,
Calif.; Paul C. Neipp, Pastor;
Lowell A. Paulsen, Secretary;
Kenneth R. Koether, President
Mrs. Raymond Kletz
N. Judson, Ind.
Messiah Luth. Cong., N. Hollywood,
Calif., Rev. R. H. Goetjen, Pastor
Mr. M. J. Quitmeyer
Lexington, Nebr.
E. Thomas
N. Hollywood, Calif.
Freda Hershon
Southern Calif. Dist.

Rev. Walter Otten
Rev. Paul Lehenbauer
Rev. Carl Hoffmeyer

Dr. Warren Hamula
Rev. Roy B. Faulstick
Fred Bendewald

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To Petition the Detroit Convention to Request
All Missouri Synod Clergymen to Withdraw
from the Editorial Staff of “Dialog,” etc.

Wuereas, Dialog (Autumn 1963) said in “The Case
of the Honest Bishop,” an editorial on the Bishop of
Woolwich, John A. T. Robinson, and his book Honest
to God, which thoroughly repudiates the entire Chris-
tian faith:

We can only welcome a theological debate of the scope

and intensity that the Bishop of Woolwich’s book has

opened up, and we surely endorse his aim of finding new
means of interpreting and communication of the faith to
the secularized man of today. The only question is
whether he was wise in exchanging the campus for the
cathedral as his platform for pursuing that aim — whether

the office of bishop really is compatible with the calling
of what Karl Barth calls a “free theologian.”

and

Wuereas, Dialog in another editorial has not affirmed
the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ. “Ex Virgine
or Ex-Virgin,” an editorial in the Spring 1963 Dialog,
left the doctrine of the virgin birth an open question.
It said:

These days you can almost tell the degree of a man’s
theological understanding by the way he reacts to the
question of whether Jesus was born of a virgin. Some
people hold adamantly that a denial of the doctrine of
the virgin birth is tantamount to a denial of the very
foundation of the Christian Church. The similarity be-
tween the motives in this view and those in the dogma

of Mary’s bodily assumption is often not perceived by
non-Roman proponents...

The routine answers, which always begin, (‘But the
bible says... ,’) only illuminate the vast gap between the
work of the professional biblical scholars and the work
of the normal Bible classes in congregations.

and

Wuereas, Dialog has editorially repudiated the doc-
trine of the inspiration and inerrancy of the Holy
Scriptures (Autumn 1963, pp. 272, 273, “Controversy on
Inspiration”); and

Wuereas, The following Lutheran Church — Mis-
souri Synod clergymen have been listed among the
editorial personnel of Dialog: R. Scharlemann, M. Marty,
J. Pelikan, A. Piepkorn, M. Scharlemann, R. Baepler,
R. Luecke, and D. Lueking; and

Wuereas, One of the conditions for membership in
The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod is the renun-
ciation of unionism and syncretism of every description
such as “participation in heterodox tract and missionary
activities.” (Article VI, § 2-c, Missouri Synod Con-
stitution); therefore be it

Resolved, That we petition the 1965 Detroit con-
vention of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod to
request that all Missouri Synod clergymen withdraw
from the editorial staff of Dialog or withdraw from The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.