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LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri — JULY 2, 1963, Page 7
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ARTICLE III
j DOCTRINAL STANDARD
• A. This congregation acknowledges and accepts all the canonical books of
• the Old Testament and the New Testament as the revealed and inerrant Word of God,
I verbally inspired, and submits to them as the only infallible authority in alt matters
of faith and life.
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B. This congregation acknowledges and accepts all the confessional writings
' of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, contained in the Book of Concord of the year
| IS80, as true and genuine expositions of the doctrines of the Bible. These conies*
' Slonal writings are the three Ecumenical Creeds (Apostles', Nieene, and Athanasian),
• the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the
Smalcald Articles, Luther*s Large and Small Catechisms, and the Formula of Concord.
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MEMBERSHIP
The membership of this congregation includes the following:
A. BAPTIZED MEMBERSHIP
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i_. -.--,-. . ■_>> *...■* :B|^S5«d members -are all members who have-'been baptised ,la the'
f^ God and who are under the spiritual care of the pastor of this
Pig th« children who h^ve not yet confirmed tteeir baptismal
members are received thrpugh the ^ac|?amettt of Holy
1/ trough transfer, or with the consent of one or both parents or guardians
in the case of children who have been baptized in another Christian congregation.