| Summary: | INDEX 713 RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES—continued. evidence the record of proceedings had at the synod with its findings, and on that, with other testimony, found that the charge was true, and that the plaintiffs were the true congregation, and entitled as such to recover the church property. Defendants appealed, claiming the synodical proceedings not to be binding upon them, and incompetent as evidence; that the evi dence is insufficient to sustain the trial court's findings that the doctrine of plenary inspiration, though not mentioned in the constitutions, confes sions, or written creeds of the Lutheran Church of Iceland and this church, was, however, presupposed. Held: that the withdrawal of the congrega tion from the synod was complete under the Lutheran congregational form of church government, upon the passage of the resolution and notice thereof to the president; and that the subsequent proceedings of the synodical con vention were had without jurisdiction by it over the defendant congrega tion, and its ex parte action thus taken was void as to the defendant con gregation, over whom it had no authority. Gudmundson v. Thingvalla. Lutheran Church, 291. 2. The resolution and record of its proceedings were inadmissible in evidence for any purpose over objections taken. Gudmundson v. Thingvalla Lutheran Church, 291. 3. That there is no competent evidence supporting the claim of the plaintiffi that, at the time of organization of this church, the doctrine of plenary inspiration of the Bible was a presupposed and accepted fundamental doc trinal belief of the Icelandic Lutheran Church, and us such presupposed by this church constitution and its confessional documents. Gudmundson v. Thingvalla Lutheran Church, 291. 4. It ia not held that the authors of the original scriptural manuscripts were not adequately inspired, or that the Scriptures are not adequately inspired. But the doctrine of plenary inspiration of the Bible assumes its entire in errancy and infallibility in all matters (aside from translation), including fact and doctrine, whether contrary to history or science. There are many doctrines of inspiration of Scripture, such as partial, personal, dynamic, adequate, plenary, verbal, and mechanical. It is held that the evidence does not warrant the findings that this church adopted plenary inspiration as one of its fundamental doctrinal beliefs. Gudmundson v. Thingvalla. Lutheran Church, 291. KEMEDIES. Election of, see Election of Remedies. REMEDY AT LAW. Inadequacy of, as ground for injunction, see Injunction.
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