To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions

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To Open Access to Lutheran Confessions 
WHEREAS, The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church (Lutheran Confessions), as listed in Constitution Article II 
“as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word 
of God,” are an indispensable resource for achieving the primary 
objectives of the Synod  as stated in Article III of the Synod 
Constitution; and 
WHEREAS, The members of the Synod are bound by the Lutheran 
Confessions to regard Holy Scripture as teaching of the Holy 
Supper of our Lord, Jesus Christ: that His body and blood are truly 
and substantially present, distributed, and received in, with, and 
under the elements of the bread and wine (AC X); that these are 
received by both the believing and unb elieving participants, by 
those who eat in repentance and faith, to “forgiveness of sins, life, 
and salvation,” and by those who eat in unrepentance or unbelief, to 
judgment (SC VI; Ap XXIV; FC Ep, SD VII); and that so that we 
may obtain the faith that counts as righteousness in God’s sight, the 
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