Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the Missouri Synod. 
[Adopted 1932]
(St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, N.D.) Pt. 18 

Of Open Questions

44. Those questions in the domain of Christian doctrine may be 
termed open questions which Scripture answers either not at all or 
not clearly. Since neither an individual nor the Church as a whole 
is permitted to develop or augment the Christian doctrine, but are 
rather ordered and commanded by God to continue in the doctrine of 
the apostles, 2 Thess. 2:15; Acts 2:42, open questions must remain 
open questions. - - Not to be included in the number of open 
questions are the following: the doctrine of the Church and the 
Ministry, of Sunday, of Chiliasm, and of Antichrist, these 
doctrines being clearly defined in Scripture. 

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