The General Synod, at the adoption of her constitution in 1820, freely expressed her dissatisfaction in the public discussions, with some parts of the Augsburg Confession, and inserted a clause in her constitution, giving _power both to the General Synod and to each District Synod to form a new Confession of Faith_, for their own use.

_Dr.Lochman_, one of the most active, pious, and respected divines of our church, in his Catechism, published in 1822, states it as one of "_the leading principles_ of our church, [sic on quotation marks] "that the Holy Scriptures and _not human authority_, are the only source whence we are to draw our religious sentiments, whether they relate to faith or practice." "That Christians are accountable to God alone for their religious principles," and says not a word about adherence to the Augsburg Confession, as one of the principles of our church.
He also published an edition of the Augsburg Confession, in his work, entitled Doctrine and Discipline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which _he made more omissions than are found in the American Recension;_ and yet no one found fault with him for doing so.

That the reader may judge of the extent of these omissions, we specify them: In Art.

I.he omitted the definition of _person_, in the Trinity.
Art.II.omits the condemnatory clause.
Art.III.omits the epithet _pure_, in reference to the Virgin Mary, and the reference to the so called "Apostles' Creed." Art.IV.omits the closing sentence, that God will regard this faith as righteousness.
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V.omits the condemnatory clause, and part of another sentence.
Art.VI.omits the word "_true_" in reference to the unity of the church.
Art.VIII.omits the condemnatory clause concerning the _Donatists_.
Art.IX.omits the name _Anabaptists_.
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