The Synod of 1951—September-October Sessions (3)

Synod then returns to the discussion of the motion to declare point II is the expression of the Confessions etc., and during this discussion the morning session is brought to a close. After a long discussion in the afternoon session an amendment is offered as follows: "There are conditions in God's Word, the confrontation of God's demand which God annexes to the promise in order to bring out clearly His unconditional grace and mercy as well as His just wrath and man's inability to fulfill...