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THEOLOGICAL MATTERS 75

to allow Scripture to interpret itself, (b) to accept the
experiences, reasoning, and limitations of the mind of
modern man as the supreme interpreter of Scripture,
(c) to weaken or destroy the basic Lutheran principle
that God deals with man in reality through either the
Law or the Gospel, and (d) to put an end to the Lu-
theran Reformation’s principle of Sola Scriptura and
with it the principles of Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and
Solum Christum.

6. We therefore believe, teach, and confess that the
supernatural as well as the natural facts included in the
Scriptures are necessary for salvation.

St. Paut’s LUTHERAN CHURCH
Bremen, Ind.

MARSHALL STINE, President
E.pon Roeper, Secretary

(2-08)
To Reaffirm Position on the Scriptures

Wuereas, In the theological world there is great
ferment and confusion with regard to the term ‘Word
of God”; and

Wuereas, All manner and types of theologies are
arising and being propounded because the Scriptures
are not regarded, held, and believed to be the written
Word of God: and

Wuereas, Where the foundation of the Word of God
is forgotten, lost, or forsaken, the danger lies in any
and every church body for all manner of doctrines of
God to arise; and

Wuereas, God has preserved our beloved Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod through His Word, and we
wish to stand firmly upon this Word of God and to be
a light to all churches, peoples, nations, indeed, to the
whole world; therefore be it

Resolved, That we, The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod, in convention at Denver in the year 1969, again
proclaim, for all to hear and know, our acceptance of
the Holy Scriptures as the inspired, infallible, inerrant
Word of God, revealed to mankind by God Himself;
and be it further

Resolved, That our Synod proclaim that it stands
firm on this foundation and this foundation only, and
that every pastor, teacher, and professor will publicly
preach, teach, and confess this firm belief to the con-
founding of all the church’s enemies and of all error
and unbelief and to the glory of our God and Lord.

CHRIST Our SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH
Winfield, III.
Donatp H. Horrmann, Pastor

(2-09)

To Remove from Office Those Who Deny
Mosaic Authorship of Pentateuch

Wuereas, The following memorial was presented to
the 1965 convention of the LCMS: “Resolved, That we
petition the 1965 Detroit convention to reaffirm the his-

toric Christian and Lutheran doctrine of the Mosaic
authorship of the first five books of the Bible and to
request the proper Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
officials to remove from teaching positions within The
Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod all professors who
refuse to declare that the Mosaic authorship of the first
five books of the Bible is Scriptural doctrine”; and

WueEreas, The 1965 convention of the LCMS resolved:
“That the Synod answer these questions by appealing
to what the Scriptures themselves say, as for example:
‘For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed
Me; for he wrote of Me. But if ye believe not his writ-
ings, how shall ye believe My words?’ (John 5:46, 47:
cf. Luke 24:27). ... Thus the Scriptures ascribe the
Pentateuch ... to Moses.... We warn against the use
of theories regarding the authorship of ... the Pentatuch
which detract from or nullify the divine authority of
these books”; and

WHEREAS, Some professors in the LCMS continue to
deny the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the 1969 convention of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod reaffirm what the 1965 con-
vention declared about the authorship of the Mosaic
books; and be it further

Resolved, That the 1969 convention declare that all
pastors and professors within The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod must teach in accord with the Detroit
resolution on Mosaic authorship and that those profes-
sors who cannot accept this position be asked to seek
fellowship elsewhere and be removed from their teach-
ing positions. Zion Ev, LuTHeran Cuurcu
Farmersville, III.

PauL BrRocKMEYER, President
MELvIN F. Rovey, Secretary

(2-10)

The same overture was submitted over the names of:

Rev. Carl Hoffmeyer
Hamler, Ohio

Rev. Reginald Muhl
Stanwood, Iowa

Rev. Henry Tietjen
New Haven, Conn.

Rev. Walter T. Koch
Silver Spring, Md.

Rev. Rudolph H. Beck
Jefferson City,
Mo.

Rev. H. J. Behrens
Grant Park, IIl.

Rev. G. Elbert
Addison, I].

Rev. Oswald Skov
San Fernando, Calif.

Rev. Laurence A. Lewis
San Fernando, Calif.

Rev. Otto N. Truog
Papillion, Nebr.

Rev. Andrew Simcak, Jr.
Corpus Christi, Tex.

Rev. James E. Shaw
Fort Leavenworth,
Kans.

Rev. J. Busch
Bonduel, Wis.

Rev. Victor Kurz,
Middletown, Ohio

Rev. Paul H. Scheer
Hinsdale, II.

Rev. M. H. Brandt
Fort Dodge, Iowa

Rev. Paul E. Kerkhoff
Stuart, Fla.

Rev. Richard A. Tschirley
Spokane, Wash.

Rev. Ralph M. Wetzel
Woodward, Okla.

Rev. Theo. Schroeder
Marble, Minn.