Covenant in Mormonism

In the Latter Day Saint movement, a covenant is a promise made between God and a person or a group of people.^[1] God sets the conditions of the covenant, and as the conditions are met, he blesses the person who entered into and kept the covenant.^[1] If the covenant is violated, blessings are withheld and in some cases a penalty or punishment is inflicted.^[1]

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Latter Day Saint leaders teach that just as the God of Israel asked the children of Israel to be a covenant people, "a peculiar treasure unto me ... a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation,"^[2] today God has asked for a latter-day people who will make and keep covenants with him. All covenants are considered part of the overarching "new and everlasting covenant" of the gospel.^[3]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that one enters a covenant through a ritual or a visible sign.^[4] Some leaders have taught that a covenant is always associated with an ordinance.^[5] Other leaders have suggested that commandments that include promised blessings for compliance—such as the law of tithing and Word of Wisdom—also constitute covenants.^[6]

In the LDS Church, ordinances which are accompanied by covenants include baptism and confirmation;^[7] reception of the Melchizedek priesthood;^[8] the temple endowment;^[9] and celestial marriage.^[10] These are known as "saving ordinances" and are a requirement for exaltation.^[11]

Officially, partaking of the sacrament is considered by the LDS Church to be a renewal of the covenants made at baptism;^[4]^[12] however, some Latter-day Saint leaders have taught that doing so constitutes a renewal of all covenants a person has made.^[13]

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"Celebrating Covenants", Ensign, May 1995, p. 78.

Bonnie D. Parkin

(1954). Doctrines of Salvation, 1:152–66.

Joseph Fielding Smith

Covenants

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Covenant in Mormonism

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