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LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters — Minutes St. Louis, Missouri

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod · 1947–2026
The minutes of the Commission on Constitutional Matters of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the standing body that answers questions put to it about the Synod's Constitution and Bylaws and issues the numbered opinions the Handbook is read by. A volume is a period or a year; an issue is a single meeting, with the date and place the minutes themselves give.

Volumes

VolumeYearsMeetingsPages
1947–1962 1947–1962 18 98
1962–1964 1962–1964 8 85
1965–1969 1965–1969 22 107
1970–1974 1970–1974 29 172
1975–1979 1975–1979 29 165
1980–1984 1980–1984 26 125
1985–1989 1985–1989 19 108
1990–1994 1990–1994 22 119
1995–1998 1995–1998 34 151
1998–1999 1998–1999 8 67
2000–2004 2000–2004 11 67
2001 2001 3 16
2002 2002 11 85
2003 2003 11 85
2004 2004 15 54
2005 2005 7 63
2005–2009 2005–2009 2 3
2006 2006 6 42
2007 2007 8 66
2008 2008 5 34
2009 2009 6 40
2010 2010 10 62
2011 2011 5 127
2012 2012 11 128
2013 2013 14 159
2014 2014 3 38
2015 2015 6 52
2016 2016 7 68
2017 2017 10 91
2018 2018 4 60
2019 2019 6 20
2020 2020 7 50
2021 2021 3 29
2022 2022 5 41
2023 2023 7 43
2024 2024 5 40
2025 2025 10 81
2026 2026 4 32

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VolumeOpenDatePages scanned
1947–1962 Meeting 16 undated 5
1947–1962 Meeting 17 undated 7
1947–1962 Meeting 18 undated 4
1947–1962 Meeting 1 December 2, 1947 5
1947–1962 Meeting 2 September 5, 1949 1
1947–1962 Meeting 3 April 12, 1951 2
1947–1962 Meeting 4 May 18, 1952 2
1947–1962 Meeting 5 September 28, 1952 3
1947–1962 Meeting 6 May 21, 1953 3
1947–1962 Meeting 7 JANUARY 26, 1955 4
1947–1962 Meeting 8 NOVEMBER 10, 1955 8
1947–1962 Meeting 9 MARCH 2, 1956 3
1947–1962 Meeting 10 September 10, 1960 6
1947–1962 Meeting 11 NOVEMBER 2, 1960 7
1947–1962 Meeting 12 FEBRUARY 28, 1961 10
1947–1962 Meeting 13 JULY 26, 1961 12
1947–1962 Meeting 14 NOVEMBER 1, 1961 8
1947–1962 Meeting 15 MAY 14 AND 15, 1962 8
1962–1964 Meeting 1 MAY 14 AND 15, 1962 7
1962–1964 Meeting 2 NOVEMBER 2, 1962 11
1962–1964 Meeting 3 MAY 7 AND 8, 1963 6
1962–1964 Meeting 4 JULY 2, 1963 13
1962–1964 Meeting 5 OCTOBER 3, 1963 19
1962–1964 Meeting 6 February 7, 1964 11
1962–1964 Meeting 7 APRIL 27, 1964 7
1962–1964 Meeting 8 OCTOBER 8 &9, 1964 11
1965–1969 Meeting 21 undated 13
1965–1969 Meeting 22 undated 7
1965–1969 Meeting 1 September 9, 1965 1
1965–1969 Meeting 2 September 30-October 1, 1965 6
1965–1969 Meeting 3 November 4-5, 1965 9
1965–1969 Meeting 4 May 5-6, 1966 5
1965–1969 Meeting 5 June 30 - July 1, 1966 5
1965–1969 Meeting 6 October 26 -28, 1966 5
1965–1969 Meeting 7 January 26, 1967 4
1965–1969 Meeting 8 March 27-28, 1967 4
1965–1969 Meeting 9 May 25, 1967 3
1965–1969 Meeting 10 June 12, 1967 2
1965–1969 Meeting 11 October 16-17, 1967 6
1965–1969 Meeting 12 December 7-8, 1967 4
1965–1969 Meeting 13 March 7-8, 1968 4
1965–1969 Meeting 14 June 13-14, 1968 4
1965–1969 Meeting 15 September 12 & 13, 1968 2
1965–1969 Meeting 16 December 5-6, 1968 4
1965–1969 Meeting 17 February 13-14, 1969 4
1965–1969 Meeting 18 February 13-14, 1969 4
1965–1969 Meeting 19 June 5-6 , 1969 3
1965–1969 Meeting 20 October 30-31, 1969 8
1970–1974 Meeting 1 January 22-23, 1970 8
1970–1974 Meeting 2 April 23-24, 1970 6
1970–1974 Meeting 3 June 2-3, 1970 5
1970–1974 Meeting 4 October 1-2, 1970 4
1970–1974 Meeting 5 December 10-11, 1970 6
1970–1974 Meeting 6 February 18-19, 1971 3
1970–1974 Meeting 7 April 1-2, 1971 2
1970–1974 Meeting 8 June 18-19, 1971 3
1970–1974 Meeting 9 August 23-24, 1971 8
1970–1974 Meeting 10 October 14-15, 1971 6
1970–1974 Meeting 11 February 10-11, 1972 1
1970–1974 Meeting 12 May 4-5, 1972 7
1970–1974 Meeting 13 July 21-22, 1972 5
1970–1974 Meeting 14 September 22-23, 1972 8
1970–1974 Meeting 15 December 14-15, 1972 4
1970–1974 Meeting 16 March 15-16, 1973 7
1970–1974 Meeting 17 June 7-8, 1973 6
1970–1974 Meeting 18 July 5-13, 1973 1
1970–1974 Meeting 19 August 24, 1973 6
1970–1974 Meeting 20 September 21-22, 1973 8
1970–1974 Meeting 21 November 1-2, 1973 5
1970–1974 Meeting 22 February 8−9, 1974 8
1970–1974 Meeting 23 March 22-23, 1974 5
1970–1974 Meeting 24 April 18-19, 1974 3
1970–1974 Meeting 25 May 16-17, 1974 11
1970–1974 Meeting 26 June 28-29, 1974 11
1970–1974 Meeting 27 August 21-22, 1974 5
1970–1974 Meeting 28 October 10-11, 1974 8
1970–1974 Meeting 29 December 6-7, 1974 12
1975–1979 Meeting 1 February 21-22, 1975 13
1975–1979 Meeting 2 February 21, 1975 1
1975–1979 Meeting 3 April 11-12, 1975 4
1975–1979 Meeting 4 May 31 - June 3, 1975 3
1975–1979 Meeting 5 July 3-11, 1975 4
1975–1979 Meeting 6 September 19-20, 1975 7
1975–1979 Meeting 7 December 12-13, 1975 7
1975–1979 Meeting 8 March 5-6, 1976 7
1975–1979 Meeting 9 June 11-12, 1976 12
1975–1979 Meeting 10 June 11, 1976 1
1975–1979 Meeting 11 June 12, 1976 1
1975–1979 Meeting 12 August 13-14, 1976 10
1975–1979 Meeting 13 September 24-25, 1976 8
1975–1979 Meeting 14 October 1, 1976 2
1975–1979 Meeting 15 December 10, 1976 7
1975–1979 Meeting 16 February 25-26, 1977 8
1975–1979 Meeting 17 May 28-31, 1977 4
1975–1979 Meeting 18 July 13-22, 1977 3
1975–1979 Meeting 19 September 30, 1977 12
1975–1979 Meeting 20 March 3-4, 1978 8
1975–1979 Meeting 21 June 9, 1978 8
1975–1979 Meeting 22 September 15, 1978 6
1975–1979 Meeting 23 December 8, 1978 6
1975–1979 Meeting 24 February 27, 1979 2
1975–1979 Meeting 25 April 27, 1979 5
1975–1979 Meeting 26 May 26-29, 1979 1
1975–1979 Meeting 27 July 6-13, 1979 3
1975–1979 Meeting 28 September 6-7, 1979 6
1975–1979 Meeting 29 December 7-9, 1979 6
1980–1984 Meeting 1 February 8-9, 1980 6
1980–1984 Meeting 2 May 2-3, 1980 6
1980–1984 Meeting 3 May 2, 1980 1
1980–1984 Meeting 4 July 25-26, 1980 5
1980–1984 Meeting 5 July 25-26, 1980 2
1980–1984 Meeting 6 July 26, 1980 1
1980–1984 Meeting 7 October 24-25, 1980 5
1980–1984 Meeting 8 January 30-31, 1981 8
1980–1984 Meeting 9 February 19, 1981 1
1980–1984 Meeting 10 April 24-25, 1981 5
1980–1984 Meeting 11 May 24, 1981 1
1980–1984 Meeting 12 July 2-10, 1981 11
1980–1984 Meeting 13 October 26, 1981 2
1980–1984 Meeting 14 December 11-12, 1981 6
1980–1984 Meeting 15 March 5, 1982 8
1980–1984 Meeting 16 June 4, 1982 6
1980–1984 Meeting 17 October 1, 1982 9
1980–1984 Meeting 18 January 7-8, 1983 4
1980–1984 Meeting 19 April 29, 1983 6
1980–1984 Meeting 20 May 28, 1983 1
1980–1984 Meeting 21 July 7-15, 1983 1
1980–1984 Meeting 22 September 16, 1983 10
1980–1984 Meeting 23 December 9, 1983 3
1980–1984 Meeting 24 March 9, 1984 8
1980–1984 Meeting 25 May 11, 1984 4
1980–1984 Meeting 26 August 17, 1984 5
1985–1989 Meeting 1 February 1, 1985 8
1985–1989 Meeting 2 May 3-4, 1985 6
1985–1989 Meeting 3 September 6, 1985 7
1985–1989 Meeting 4 December 13, 1985 4
1985–1989 Meeting 5 March 21, 1986 4
1985–1989 Meeting 6 May 16, 1986 3
1985–1989 Meeting 7 September 26-27, 1986 5
1985–1989 Meeting 8 January 9-10, 1987 8
1985–1989 Meeting 9 March 27, 1987 4
1985–1989 Meeting 10 July 17-18, 1987 5
1985–1989 Meeting 11 November 6-7, 1987 9
1985–1989 Meeting 12 February 5, 1988 5
1985–1989 Meeting 13 May 6, 1988 6
1985–1989 Meeting 14 September 9, 1988 5
1985–1989 Meeting 15 December 3, 1988 4
1985–1989 Meeting 16 March 17-18, 1989 3
1985–1989 Meeting 17 July 6-13, 1989 9
1985–1989 Meeting 18 September 29-30, 1989 3
1985–1989 Meeting 19 December 14, 1989 10
1990–1994 Meeting 1 January 23, 1990 1
1990–1994 Meeting 2 March 9-10, 1990 14
1990–1994 Meeting 3 MARCH 14, 1990 1
1990–1994 Meeting 4 May 14, 1990 3
1990–1994 Meeting 5 August 30, 1990 7
1990–1994 Meeting 6 November 9, 1990 3
1990–1994 Meeting 7 February 22-23, 1991 5
1990–1994 Meeting 8 January 10-11, 1992 13
1990–1994 Meeting 9 March 13, 1992 5
1990–1994 Meeting 10 April 24, 1992 3
1990–1994 Meeting 11 July 27, 1992 2
1990–1994 Meeting 12 December 5, 1992 10
1990–1994 Meeting 13 March 27, 1993 9
1990–1994 Meeting 14 May 24, 1993 3
1990–1994 Meeting 15 July 21, 1993 1
1990–1994 Meeting 16 August 14, 1993 2
1990–1994 Meeting 17 October 16, 1993 9
1990–1994 Meeting 18 December 4, 1993 1
1990–1994 Meeting 19 January 29, 1994 4
1990–1994 Meeting 20 April 2, 1994 9
1990–1994 Meeting 21 June 10-11, 1994 4
1990–1994 Meeting 22 November 4-5, 1994 10
1995–1998 Meeting 1 January 22-23, 1970 3
1995–1998 Meeting 2 February 18, 1995 3
1995–1998 Meeting 3 March 2, 1995 2
1995–1998 Meeting 4 May 28, 1995 1
1995–1998 Meeting 5 June 10, 1995 4
1995–1998 Meeting 6 July 14, 1995 2
1995–1998 Meeting 7 July 15,1995 1
1995–1998 Meeting 8 July 19,1995 1
1995–1998 Meeting 9 July 19, 1995 1
1995–1998 Meeting 10 September 16, 1995 4
1995–1998 Meeting 11 October 22, 1995 5
1995–1998 Meeting 12 November 4, 1995 1
1995–1998 Meeting 13 November 29, 1995 4
1995–1998 Meeting 14 January 19-20, 1996 10
1995–1998 Meeting 15 January 31, 1996 6
1995–1998 Meeting 16 March 28, 1996 6
1995–1998 Meeting 17 May 8, 1996 4
1995–1998 Meeting 18 July 15, 1996 2
1995–1998 Meeting 19 August 28, 1996 8
1995–1998 Meeting 20 October 23, 1996 3
1995–1998 Meeting 21 December 8, 1996 3
1995–1998 Meeting 22 January 29, 1997 1
1995–1998 Meeting 23 March 7,1997 10
1995–1998 Meeting 24 April 3, 1997 6
1995–1998 Meeting 25 April 17,1997 3
1995–1998 Meeting 26 June 25, 1997 7
1995–1998 Meeting 27 July 6, 1997 1
1995–1998 Meeting 28 July 23, 1997 7
1995–1998 Meeting 29 December 8, 1997 3
1995–1998 Meeting 30 February 18, 1998 9
1995–1998 Meeting 31 May 15,1998 4
1995–1998 Meeting 32 May 22, 1998 8
1995–1998 Meeting 33 June 23, 1998 12
1995–1998 Meeting 34 August 24, 1998 6
1998–1999 Meeting 1 September 30, 1998 8
1998–1999 Meeting 2 November 30, 1998 12
1998–1999 Meeting 3 March 1, 1999 3
1998–1999 Meeting 4 May 5, 1999 8
1998–1999 Meeting 5 July 8, 1999 8
1998–1999 Meeting 6 September 14, 1999 8
1998–1999 Meeting 7 October 20, 1999 8
1998–1999 Meeting 8 December 16,1999 12
2000–2004 Meeting 46 undated 1
2000–2004 Meeting 47 undated 8
2000–2004 Meeting 1 March 23, 2000 14
2000–2004 Meeting 2 April 13, 2000 6
2000–2004 Meeting 3 May 8, 2000 6
2000–2004 Meeting 4 June 15, 2000 3
2000–2004 Meeting 5 August 17, 2000 10
2000–2004 Meeting 6 October 26, 2000 8
2000–2004 Meeting 7 December 11-12, 2000 7
2000–2004 Meeting 8 May 17, 2001 3
2000–2004 Meeting 21 November 12, 2002 1
2001 Meeting 3 front and back matter 1
2001 Meeting 1 November 1, 2001 10
2001 Meeting 2 December 9, 2001 5
2002 Meeting 11 front and back matter 1
2002 Meeting 1 January 11, 2002 8
2002 Meeting 2 February 22, 2002 5
2002 Meeting 3 April 15-17, 2002 15
2002 Meeting 4 May 20, 2002 2
2002 Meeting 5 June 10-11, 2002 12
2002 Meeting 6 June 27, 2002 2
2002 Meeting 7 August 20, 2002 2
2002 Meeting 8 August 28, 2002 1
2002 Meeting 9 October 2, 2002 9
2002 Meeting 10 October 21-22, 2002 28
2003 Meeting 11 front and back matter 1
2003 Meeting 1 January 7, 2003 1
2003 Meeting 2 January 20-21, 2003 18
2003 Meeting 3 April 8, 2003 6
2003 Meeting 4 April 29, 2003 19
2003 Meeting 5 June 23, 2003 11
2003 Meeting 6 August 15-16, 2003 9
2003 Meeting 7 September 30, 2003 12
2003 Meeting 8 October 22, 2003 1
2003 Meeting 9 December 6, 2003 1
2003 Meeting 10 December 13, 2003 6
2004 Meeting 15 front and back matter 1
2004 Meeting 1 January 4-5, 2004 1
2004 Meeting 2 January 28, 2004 12
2004 Meeting 3 February 17, 2004 3
2004 Meeting 4 March 22, 2004 6
2004 Meeting 5 May 20−24, 2004 7
2004 Meeting 6 July 9−15, 2004 4
2004 Meeting 7 August 3, 2004 6
2004 Meeting 8 August 11, 2004 2
2004 Meeting 9 September 2, 2004 3
2004 Meeting 10 September 27, 2004 1
2004 Meeting 11 October 6−8, 2004 4
2004 Meeting 12 November 4, 2004 1
2004 Meeting 13 December 6-7, 2004 2
2004 Meeting 14 December 20, 2004 1
2005 Meeting 7 front and back matter 1
2005 Meeting 1 March 17, 2005 10
2005 Meeting 2 April 18−19, 2005 4
2005 Meeting 3 June 30, 2005 6
2005 Meeting 4 October 16–18, 2005 22
2005 Meeting 5 November 18, 2005 1
2005 Meeting 6 November 28−29, 2005 19
2005–2009 Meeting 28 August 29-30, 2009 2
2005–2009 Meeting 29 September 3, 2009 1
2006 Meeting 6 front and back matter 1
2006 Meeting 1 January 31−February 1, 2006 13
2006 Meeting 2 March 17, 2006 1
2006 Meeting 3 May 1−2, 2006 18
2006 Meeting 4 September 7–8, 2006 7
2006 Meeting 5 December 18, 2006 2
2007 Meeting 8 front and back matter 1
2007 Meeting 1 February 2, 2007 8
2007 Meeting 2 April 21−22, 2007 13
2007 Meeting 3 May 18–20, 2007 13
2007 Meeting 4 July 13–19, 2007 17
2007 Meeting 5 August 22, 2007 2
2007 Meeting 6 September 14–15, 2007 4
2007 Meeting 7 November 15–16, 2007 8
2008 Meeting 5 front and back matter 1
2008 Meeting 1 April 4–5, 2008 11
2008 Meeting 2 June 6–7, 2008 12
2008 Meeting 3 August 18, 2008 3
2008 Meeting 4 November 20–21, 2008 7
2009 Meeting 6 front and back matter 1
2009 Meeting 1 February 7–8, 2009 10
2009 Meeting 2 April 3–4, 2009 11
2009 Meeting 3 June 8, 2009 1
2009 Meeting 4 July 10–11, 2009 10
2009 Meeting 5 October 31–November 1, 2009 7
2010 Meeting 10 front and back matter 1
2010 Meeting 1 January 18, 2010 1
2010 Meeting 2 January 23-24, 2010 8
2010 Meeting 3 February 26–28, 2010 21
2010 Meeting 4 May 17, 2010 1
2010 Meeting 5 June 18, 2010 2
2010 Meeting 6 July 10–17, 2010 3
2010 Meeting 7 August 30–31, 2010 3
2010 Meeting 8 September 7, 2010 6
2010 Meeting 9 November 6–7, 2010 16
2011 Meeting 1 February 18-20, 2011 11
2011 Meeting 2 May 7–8, 2011 6
2011 Meeting 3 July 7–8, 2011 4
2011 Meeting 4 September 3-4, 2011 66
2011 Meeting 5 November 11–13, 2011 40
2012 Meeting 1 February 10–12, 2012 19
2012 Meeting 2 March 20, 2012 5
2012 Meeting 3 April 13–14, 2012 6
2012 Meeting 4 April 26–27, 2012 8
2012 Meeting 5 May 1, 2012 1
2012 Meeting 6 May 11–13, 2012 23
2012 Meeting 7 July 6, 2012 1
2012 Meeting 8 August 10–12, 2012 18
2012 Meeting 9 August 25–26, 2012 12
2012 Meeting 10 November 1–2, 2012 5
2012 Meeting 11 November 2–4, 2012 30
2013 Meeting 1 December 10, 2012 6
2013 Meeting 2 January 25–26, 2013 43
2013 Meeting 3 February 1–2, 2013 11
2013 Meeting 4 February 23, 2013 51
2013 Meeting 5 February 28, 2013 2
2013 Meeting 6 May 16–17, 2013 8
2013 Meeting 7 May 19, 2013 2
2013 Meeting 8 May 31, 2013 1
2013 Meeting 9 June 6, 2013 1
2013 Meeting 10 June 21, 2013 3
2013 Meeting 11 July 17–25, 2013 7
2013 Meeting 12 August 9–11, 2013 16
2013 Meeting 13 October 11-13, 2013 2
2013 Meeting 14 December 13–14, 2013 6
2014 Meeting 1 February 28–March 1, 2014 9
2014 Meeting 2 September 26 – 27, 2014 21
2014 Meeting 3 November 20–21, 2014 8
2015 Meeting 1 February 23, 2015 3
2015 Meeting 2 April 10–11, 2015 17
2015 Meeting 3 May 11, 2015 5
2015 Meeting 4 July 10–11, 2015 14
2015 Meeting 5 September 18−19, 2015 5
2015 Meeting 6 December 4–5, 2015 8
2016 Meeting 1 June 13–14, 2014 15
2016 Meeting 2 February 13, 2016 3
2016 Meeting 3 April 1–2, 2016 22
2016 Meeting 4 May 26–29, 2016 2
2016 Meeting 5 June 20, 2016 7
2016 Meeting 6 October 21–22, 2016 6
2016 Meeting 7 November 18–19, 2016 13
2017 Meeting 10 front and back matter 10
2017 Meeting 1 February 3–4, 2017 8
2017 Meeting 2 May 5–6, 2017 12
2017 Meeting 3 May 12, 2017 13
2017 Meeting 4 July 10, 2017 6
2017 Meeting 5 July 10, 2017 6
2017 Meeting 6 July 10, 2017 6
2017 Meeting 7 September 15–16, 2017 15
2017 Meeting 8 November 10–11, 2017 12
2017 Meeting 9 December 21, 2017 3
2018 Meeting 1 February 2–3, 2018 19
2018 Meeting 2 April 6–7, 2018 14
2018 Meeting 3 August 17–18, 2018 21
2018 Meeting 4 September 14–15, 2018 6
2019 Meeting 1 March 22–23, 2019 8
2019 Meeting 2 May 30—June 3, 2019 2
2019 Meeting 3 July 18–19, 2019 3
2019 Meeting 4 July 24, 2019 1
2019 Meeting 5 September 26, 2019 1
2019 Meeting 6 November 1–2, 2019 5
2020 Meeting 1 April 24, 2020 9
2020 Meeting 2 June 16, 2020 4
2020 Meeting 3 July 21, 2020 6
2020 Meeting 4 August 10, 2020 6
2020 Meeting 5 September 15, 2020 7
2020 Meeting 6 October 30–31, 2020 14
2020 Meeting 7 November 23, 2020 4
2021 Meeting 1 January 15–16, 2021 9
2021 Meeting 2 May 25, 2021 7
2021 Meeting 3 December 3–4, 2021 13
2022 Meeting 1 January 20, 2022 2
2022 Meeting 2 April 8–9, 2022 17
2022 Meeting 3 May 2, 2022 11
2022 Meeting 4 July 19, 2022 3
2022 Meeting 5 November 4–5, 2022 8
2023 Meeting 1 March 30, 2023 13
2023 Meeting 2 April 28–29, 2023 6
2023 Meeting 3 June 8–11, 2023 6
2023 Meeting 4 July 27–August 3, 2023 6
2023 Meeting 5 September 6, 2023 2
2023 Meeting 6 October 9, 2023 2
2023 Meeting 7 December 1–2, 2023 8
2024 Meeting 1 March 15–16, 2024 8
2024 Meeting 2 June 25, 2024 3
2024 Meeting 3 August 9–10, 2024 17
2024 Meeting 4 September 23, 2024 3
2024 Meeting 5 December 6–7, 2024 9
2025 Meeting 1 January 7, 2025 5
2025 Meeting 2 February 3, 2025 10
2025 Meeting 3 March 21–22, 2025 19
2025 Meeting 4 April 7, 2025 4
2025 Meeting 5 May 6, 2025 4
2025 Meeting 6 June 22, 2025 1
2025 Meeting 7 July 17, 2025 6
2025 Meeting 8 September 12–13, 2025 24
2025 Meeting 9 October 21, 2025 1
2025 Meeting 10 December 2, 2025 7
2026 Meeting 1 January 13, 2026 1
2026 Meeting 2 February 6–7, 2026 16
2026 Meeting 3 May 27–31, 2026 9
2026 Meeting 4 September 8, 2026 6