To Study Granting of Book of Concord Copyright Permissions by Concordia Publishing House

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To Study Granting of Book of Concord Copyright 
Permissions by Concordia Publishing House 
WHEREAS, The 2025 Minnesota South District (MNS) 
convention passed Resolution 1-03 , “To Open Acce ss to the 
Lutheran Confessions” [Yes: 136; No: 89]; and 
WHEREAS, That same resolution states:  
  W HEREAS, The primary objectives of The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod (LCMS), as stated in Article III of the 
Constitution of the LCMS, are: “Conserve and promote the unity 
of the true faith, work through its official structure toward 
fellowship with other Christ ian church bodies, and provide a 
united defense against schism, sectarianism, and heresy”; and 
“Strengthen congregations and their members in giving bold 
witness by word and deed to the love and work of God, the 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and extend that Gospel witness into 
all the world”; and 
  W HEREAS, We pray in the collect for the Church that “Thy 
Word, as becometh it, may not be bound, but have free course 
and be preached to the joy and edifying of Christ’s holy people,” 
and 
  W HEREAS, The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church (Lutheran Confessions), as listed in Article II of the 
Constitution of the LCMS, as a true and unadulterated statement 
and exposition of the Word of God, are an indispensable resource 
for achieving the primary objectives of the LCMS; and 
  W
HEREAS, Concordia Publishing House (CPH) is the official 
publishing house of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod; and  
  W HEREAS, CPH in 2006 published the Symbolical Books of 
the Evangelical Lutheran Church under the title: Concordia: The 
Lutheran Confessions — A Reader’s Edition of the Book of 
Concord, 2nd edition; and 
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