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LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1971, Page 118

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118 RESOLUTIONS

are the only rule and norm according to which all
doctrines and teachers alike must be appraised and

principle,

The Synod maintains that it is not a violation of the
Sola Scriptura principle when jt adopts doctrinal reso-
lutions, for the Synod in such resolutions does not

down in Article II and to the conditions of membership
laid down in Article VI.” Mindful of the bjects for
which it was organized, the Synod recognizes its obli-

With respect to the binding force of its resolutions
the Synod has established the 8eneral rule that “the
Constitution, Bylaws, and all other rules and regulations

of the Synod apply to all members of the Synod” (By-
law 1.09 a) and accordingly requires that the consti-
tution of every congregation be submitted for examina.

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tion so that the Synod May “ascertain whether its pro-

is evident from the fact that doctrine does not properly
belong to the area of self-government, and from the

The Synod holds that a member cannot justly charge
the Synod with “binding his conscience” when the
Synod, in applying its confessional base to current is.

such resolutions be considered normative for every
member, A doctrine of Scripture remains a doctrine