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Show IWMii REJECT PROPOSITIOM TO l!EET TR1ENNIALLY WASHINGTON. June P. The gen eral synod of tha Kvangeliral Lutheran chorea in tha United Htntee, by a vote of 87 to 5 today, rejected a proposal tha). iti eewiooa be held tricnnially in-etesd in-etesd of biennially. Two eoeatitutional amenrWn of importaace were adopted. The 6m haa to do with doctrinal basis and stales that the general ) nod receive and hold the uealtenag Augsburg confession a a "'correct exhibition of the faith and doctrine" of the rhurrh. The second i entitled "the eecond-arr eecond-arr svrorwls" and states that while the general avnrJd regard the Augahnrg confeMion'aa a sufficient basis for the cooperation of Lutheran synod, it also recognises the aiioloifv of the Aug hiirg confession. Ih- Hmnlkald articlea. the email caterlii im of Luther, the ' large rateehism of ...it her and the for inula of t oncerd as emitor of l.utb araa doctriaa of great historical aeJ interpretative value. They will be submitted to the district evaods and will become effective if a majority of (he diatrirt vote for them. |