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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general</div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, a <b>covenant</b> is a formal alliance or agreement made by <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Confessional_community" title="Confessional community">religious community</a> or with humanity in general. The concept, central to the <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_religions" title="Abrahamic religions">Abrahamic religions</a>, is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)" title="Covenant (biblical)">biblical covenants</a>, notably from the <a href="/wiki/Abrahamic_covenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrahamic covenant">Abrahamic covenant</a>. <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> asserts that God made an additional covenant through <a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus Christ</a>, called the "<a href="/wiki/New_Covenant" title="New Covenant">New Covenant</a>". </p><p>A covenant in its most general sense and <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(historical)" title="Covenant (historical)">historical sense</a>, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action. A covenant is a type of agreement analogous to a <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">contractual</a> <a href="/wiki/Terms_and_conditions" class="mw-redirect" title="Terms and conditions">condition</a>. The covenantor makes a promise to a covenantee to do (affirmative covenant) or not do some action (negative covenant). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical">Biblical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biblical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)" title="Covenant (biblical)">Covenant (biblical)</a></div> <p>Covenant is the customary word used to <a href="/wiki/Bible_translations" title="Bible translations">translate</a> the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew</a> word <i>berith</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is used in the <a href="/wiki/Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a> 264 times.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The equivalent word in the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece" title="Novum Testamentum Graece">Greek New Testament</a> is <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">διαθήκη</span></span>, <i>diatheke</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also it means a formal agreement </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judaism">Judaism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mosaic_covenant" title="Mosaic covenant">Mosaic covenant</a></div> <p>The Mosaic covenant refers to a <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(biblical)" title="Covenant (biblical)">biblical covenant</a> between God and the <a href="/wiki/Israelites#Biblical_narrative" title="Israelites">biblical Israelites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The establishment and stipulations of the Mosaic covenant are recorded in the first five books of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, which are traditionally attributed to <a href="/wiki/Mosaic_authorship" title="Mosaic authorship">Mosaic authorship</a> and collectively called the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a>, and this covenant is sometimes also referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Moses" title="Law of Moses">Law of Moses</a> or Mosaic Law or the <a href="/wiki/613_Mitzvot" class="mw-redirect" title="613 Mitzvot">613 Mitzvot</a>. </p><p>Covenants are often initiated by an <a href="/wiki/Oath" title="Oath">oath</a> and can be of two types: grants or treaties.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Grants are generally unilateral, unconditional covenants such as those where God made unconditional promises to Noah (Genesis 9), Abraham (Genesis 15, Genesis 17) and David (2 Samuel 7:8ff).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Bilateral covenants are generally conditional with blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience as in Deuteronomy 28 and 30. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/New_Covenant" title="New Covenant">New Covenant</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Biblical_theology" title="Biblical theology">Biblical theology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Systematic_theology" title="Systematic theology">systematic theology</a> for covenants often intertwines the unilateral and the bilateral, the conditional and the unconditional, such that much has been written and said about "Old" and "New" Covenants and the extent to which the "Old Covenant" still persists.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The typology of covenants is governed by the distribution of covenant obligations between the covenanting parties.<sup id="cite_ref-ScottHahn_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScottHahn-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The New Covenant is a <a href="/wiki/Biblical_interpretation" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical interpretation">biblical interpretation</a> derived partly from a phrase in the Book of Jeremiah, (Jeremiah 31:31), in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>. There are several <a href="/wiki/Christian_eschatology" title="Christian eschatology">Christian eschatologies</a> that further define the New Covenant. For example, an <a href="/wiki/Inaugurated_eschatology" title="Inaugurated eschatology">inaugurated eschatology</a> defines and describes the New Covenant as an ongoing relationship between Christian believers and God that will be in full fruition after the <a href="/wiki/Second_Coming_of_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Coming of Christ">Second Coming of Christ</a>; that is, it will not only be in full fruition in believing hearts, but in the <a href="/wiki/World_to_Come#Christian_eschatology" class="mw-redirect" title="World to Come">future external world</a> as well.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The connection between the <a href="/wiki/Blood_of_Christ" title="Blood of Christ">blood of Christ</a> and the New Covenant is seen in most modern <a href="/wiki/English_translations_of_the_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="English translations of the Bible">English translations of the New Testament</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the saying: "this cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant, and that the blood of Christ shed at his <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Propitiation" title="Propitiation">required blood of the covenant</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As with all covenants between God and man described in the Bible, the New Covenant is considered "a bond in blood sovereignly administered by God."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been theorized that the New Covenant is the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Christ" title="Law of Christ">Law of Christ</a> as spoken during his <a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Covenant_theology" title="Covenant theology">Covenant theology</a>, a theological system within <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Christianity" title="Reformed Christianity">Reformed Christianity</a>, holds that God relates to man primarily through three covenants: the <a href="/wiki/Covenant_of_Redemption" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenant of Redemption">Covenant of Redemption</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Covenant_of_works" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenant of works">Covenant of Works</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Covenant_of_Grace" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenant of Grace">Covenant of Grace</a>. In this theological system a covenant may be defined as, "an unchangeable, divinely imposed legal agreement between God and man that stipulates the conditions of their relationship."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moravianism">Moravianism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Moravianism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Moravian Covenant for Christian Living</i> is taken by members of the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a> that delineates their commitment as Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-Moravian2021_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moravian2021-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Methodism">Methodism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Methodism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Covenant_theology#Wesleyan_covenant_theology" title="Covenant theology">Covenant theology § Wesleyan covenant theology</a></div> <p>In historic Methodism, those who become <a href="/wiki/Methodism#Membership" title="Methodism">full members</a> of Methodist congregation are bound to a covenant.<sup id="cite_ref-FMC2016_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FMC2016-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Wesleyan_Methodist_Connection" title="Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection">Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection</a>, those probationers entering into the Church as full members are read the following covenant:<sup id="cite_ref-AWMC2014_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWMC2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>You solemnly, severally avouch the Lord Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, to be your God, the object of your supreme affections and your portion forever. You cordially accept the Lord Jesus to be your Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit your Sanctifier, Comforter, and Guide. You cheerfully devote yourselves to God in the everlasting covenant of His grace, consecrating all your powers and faculties to His service and glory. And you promise that you will cleave to Him as your chief good; that you will give diligent attention to His Word and ordinances; that you will seek the honor and advancement of His kingdom; and that henceforth, denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, you will live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. You do also cordially join yourselves to this church, and engage to submit to all its rules of government; to seek earnestly its peace, purity, and edification, and to walk with all its members in charity and faithfulness and sobriety. Do you thus freely and solemnly devote yourselves to be the Lord’s? <i>Answer</i>: I do.<sup id="cite_ref-AWMC2014_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AWMC2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Association_of_Churches" title="Emmanuel Association of Churches">Emmanuel Association of Churches</a>, a Methodist denomination in the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_holiness_movement" title="Conservative holiness movement">conservative holiness movement</a>, uses the following Covenant:<sup id="cite_ref-Emmanuel2002_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emmanuel2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Dearly Beloved: The Scriptures teach us that the church is the household of God, the body of which Christ is the Head, and that it is the design of the gospel to bring together all who are one in Christ to aid in that fellowship which is communion one with another in the Holy Ghost. The end of this fellowship is to promote sound doctrine, to exercise the duty of godly admonition, and to further the cause of true holiness. Its more particular duties are to bear one another burdens, to prevent each other from stumbling, and to continue steadfast in the faith and worship of our Heavenly Father. The privileges of this fellowship are watchful care of pastors, the enjoyments of the blessings which come from those of like faith, and the peculiar incitement to holiness. This covenant into which you are entering today is a solemn statement of your fidelity and a pledge of our purpose to maintain the "Principles of Faith" and "Principles of Holy Living" as given in the Guidebook of the Emmanuel Association of Churches.<br />Do you fully and joyfully agree that the doctrines as set forth in the "Principles of Faith" in the Guidebook are Bible doctrines? Answer: "I do."<br /> Will you maintain the means of grace—such as secret and family devotions, assembling together for prayer and worship, and giving liberally to support the work of the church and the ministry of the gospel throughout the whole world? Answer: "I will."<br /> Will you refrain from worldly amusements—such as dances, shows, theatrical performances, festivals, church plays, fairs, horse and auto races, any form of gambling, competitive games, and church picnics and socials? Will you keep away from false religious teachings, and abstain from purposely listening to the radio, and from watching television? Answer: "I will."<br />Will you avoid worldly dress—such as gaudy or transparent apparel, and costly change of raiment? Answer: "I will."<br />Will you abstain from all world and unscriptural alliances—such as secret societies, lodges which are oath-bound, and organizations both of capital and labor? Answer: "I will."<br />Will you remember the Christian sabbath to keep it holy by doing no worldly business therein, such as buying or selling and by refraining from all pleasure seeking and from any occupation or travel which cannot be done for the glory of God?" Answer: "I will."<br />Will you abstain from all such sin as tattling, backbiting, evil speaking, and unprofitable conversation? Answer: "I will."<br />Will you walk together in humility and carefulness, giving and receiving admonition in the fear of God, praying for another, and remembering each other in sickness and in other times of need? Will you be careful at all times to manifest meekness of spirit, gentleness of heart, and Christlike firmness in upholding God's standards of holiness in every walk of life? Answer: "I will."<br />Do you now, in the fear of God and in the presence of these witnesses, accept this covenant in whole and in part, promising the utmost of your ability and with the help of God to observe faithfully this sacred vow? Answer: "I do."<br />Brethren, these persons, having answered these questions satisfactorily, and having taken this covenant, are now members of this body of believers. We welcome you and extend to you the right hand of fellowship, praying that you may be faithful and useful members of the Church Militant until you are called to the fellowship of the Church Triumphant which is before the throne of God.<sup id="cite_ref-Emmanuel2002_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emmanuel2002-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Methodists <a href="/wiki/Connexionalism" title="Connexionalism">connexions</a>, such as those of the Free Methodist Church, United Methodist Church and Pilgrim Holiness Church, traditionally celebrate a <a href="/wiki/Watchnight_service" title="Watchnight service">watchnight service</a> that takes the form of a <a href="/wiki/Covenant_Renewal_Service" title="Covenant Renewal Service">Covenant Renewal Service</a> annually on New Year's Eve, in which members renew their covenant with God and the Church.<sup id="cite_ref-Sweet2014_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sweet2014-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Manskar2012_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manskar2012-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AMEZ2012_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMEZ2012-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Immanuel_Missionary_Church" title="Immanuel Missionary Church">Immanuel Missionary Church</a>, a Methodist connexion in conservative holiness movement, those who repeatedly do not partake of the <a href="/wiki/Means_of_grace" title="Means of grace">means of grace</a> may be excluded from church membership if they do not "repent and amend".<sup id="cite_ref-IMC1986_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMC1986-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holiness_Pentecostalism">Holiness Pentecostalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Holiness Pentecostalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Holiness_Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Holiness Pentecostal">Holiness Pentecostal</a> denominations have a Covenant to which members are expected to adhere, similar to Methodist denominations.<sup id="cite_ref-IPHC2021_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPHC2021-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/International_Pentecostal_Holiness_Church" title="International Pentecostal Holiness Church">International Pentecostal Holiness Church</a>, those who take their covenant recite the following:<sup id="cite_ref-IPHC2021_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPHC2021-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>With these values in mind, we recognize that the blessed Spirit of God has called us to live this countercultural lifestyle that sets us apart from the world. Therefore, having become acquainted with the Articles of Faith and the polity of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, and believing both to be of God, and having given our names and thereby become members of the same, we do solemnly, but cheerfully, and with joy and gladness affirm: </p><p>We will watch over one another with brotherly love and kindness, not that we may have whereof to accuse our brother, but that we may with meekness correct one another’s faults. We will abstain from profane and vulgar conversations, and from backbiting and gossiping, or taking up a reproach against anyone, especially our brother. We will heed the injunction of the apostle Paul, who exhorted us to “walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:1-3). We will “bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). We will also heed the exhortation recorded in 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15: We beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly [disorderly], comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men; See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. We will “recompense” to no man evil for evil,” but will “provide things honest in the sight of all men,” and, “if it be possible, as much as lieth in [us], [we will] live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:17, 18). We will be “kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven [us]” (Ephesians 4:32). As opportunity affords, we will be engaged in works of mercy, such as visiting the sick and imprisoned and the distressed, and all who may need and will accept our ministrations. We will have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness but keep ourselves by the grace of God unspotted from the world (Ephesians 5:1-11; 1 Peter 1:5; James 1:27). </p><p>All this will we do, God being our Helper. </p><p> Response: We accept the obligations of this Covenant of Commitment in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.<sup id="cite_ref-IPHC2021_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPHC2021-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latter_Day_Saints">Latter Day Saints</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Latter Day Saints"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Covenant_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenant (Latter Day Saints)">Covenant (Latter Day Saints)</a></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint movement</a>, a covenant is a promise made between <a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">God</a> and a person or a group of people.<sup id="cite_ref-ldsorg_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ldsorg-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> God sets the conditions of the covenant, and as the conditions are met, he blesses the person who entered into and kept the covenant. If the covenant is violated, blessings are withheld and in some cases a penalty or punishment is inflicted.<sup id="cite_ref-ldsorg_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ldsorg-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church) teaches that one enters a covenant through a ritual or a visible sign.<sup id="cite_ref-eom_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eom-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some leaders have taught that a covenant is always associated with an <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)">ordinance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other leaders have suggested that commandments that include promised blessings for compliance—such as the <a href="/wiki/Tithe_(Mormonism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tithe (Mormonism)">law of tithing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Word of Wisdom">Word of Wisdom</a>—also constitute covenants.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the LDS Church, ordinances which are accompanied by covenants include <a href="/wiki/Baptism_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptism (Latter Day Saints)">baptism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Confirmation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)">confirmation</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> partaking of the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament_(LDS_Church)" title="Sacrament (LDS Church)">sacrament</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reception of the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Endowment_(Mormonism)" title="Endowment (Mormonism)">temple endowment</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Celestial_marriage" title="Celestial marriage">celestial marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are known as "saving ordinances" and are a requirement for <a href="/wiki/Exaltation_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exaltation (Latter Day Saints)">exaltation</a>. </p><p>Officially, partaking of the sacrament is considered by the LDS Church to be a renewal of the covenants made at baptism;<sup id="cite_ref-eom_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eom-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, some Latter-day Saint leaders have taught that doing so constitutes a renewal of all covenants a person has made.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islam">Islam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original covenant made between God and mankind marked the beginning of creation according to <a href="/wiki/Islamic_theology" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic theology">Islamic theology</a>. It is believed that before the creation of the heavens and the earth, God assembled all of creation (that would ever exist) in a timeless, placeless region and informed them of the truth of his existence. This moment is referred to in the verse 7:172 of the <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">وَ إِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَني آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَ أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قالُوا بَلى شَهِدْنا أَنْ تَقُولُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هذا غافِلين</span></span></dd></dl> <dl><dd><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Wa-ith akhatha rabbuka minbanee adama min thuhoorihim thurriyyatahumwaashhadahum AAala anfusihim alastu birabbikum qaloobala shahidna an taqooloo yawma alqiyamatiinna kunna AAan hatha ghafileen</i></span></dd></dl> <dl><dd>And ˹remember˺ when your Lord brought forth from the loins of the children of Adam their descendants and had them testify regarding themselves. ˹Allah asked,˺ “Am I not your Lord?” They replied, “Yes, You are! We testify.” ˹He cautioned,˺ “Now you have no right to say on Judgment Day, ‘We were not aware of this.’<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>This covenant is significant in that it asserts that an understanding of the origin of man is something deeply inherent to and natural within every person. Any disconnection from this memory is referred to as being ‘forgetful’ within the scripture, <i><a href="/wiki/Hadith" title="Hadith">hadith</a></i> literature and commentary. The Quran constantly implores people to recall and remember. Scholars suggest that the call to remember throughout the Quran is in fact a call to remember this particular moment in their spiritual history. Suggestions are also made that where people recognise people with ease, it is usually as a memory from this event. To strive to remember through invocations and contemplation is thus considered a form of worship in Islam called <i><a href="/wiki/Dhikr" title="Dhikr">dhikr</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are many scholarly perspectives taken on the significance of this covenant. It is understood as marking the beginning of human consciousness with mankind making their first conscious response to the divine question 'Am I not your lord?'. Some also see it as being relevant to the Islamic principle of <i><a href="/wiki/Tawhid" title="Tawhid">Tawhid</a></i> or unity as the entirety of mankind was said to have been assembled on this date.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Another perspective is that as an Abrahamic faith, the covenant was made with Abraham. Any person confessing to faith can become a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> and partake of this covenant with God: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>And ˹remember˺ when We made the Sacred House a centre and a sanctuary for the people ˹saying˺, “˹You may˺ take the standing-place of Abraham as a site of prayer.” And We entrusted Abraham and Ishmael to purify My House for those who circle it, who meditate in it, and who bow and prostrate themselves ˹in prayer˺.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Al-Baqara" title="Al-Baqara">Surah Al-Baqara</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quran.com/2?startingVerse=125">2:125</a></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Gerhard Bowering has written about the mystical aspects of the Covenant in Islam.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowering1979_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowering1979-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bahá'í_Faith"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.27.C3.AD_Faith"></span>Bahá'í Faith</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bahá'í Faith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Bahá'í Faith</a>, a religious covenant is considered a binding agreement between God and humans wherein a certain behavior is required of individuals and in return God guarantees certain blessings. For Bahá'ís there are two distinct covenants: a <i>Greater Covenant</i> which is made between every <a href="/wiki/Prophet" title="Prophet">prophet</a> or <a href="/wiki/Manifestation_of_God_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith)" title="Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)">messenger from God</a> and his followers concerning the next divine teacher to come; and a <i>Lesser Covenant</i> that concerns successorship of authority within the religion after the prophet dies.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Baháʼu'lláh">Bahá'u'lláh</a>, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, in the greater covenant God promises to always send divine teachers to instruct humankind in a process known as <a href="/wiki/Progressive_revelation_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" title="Progressive revelation (Baháʼí)">progressive revelation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bahá'ís believe prophecies pertaining to God's greater covenant are found in the scriptures of all religions, and each messenger from God specifically prophesies about the next one to come.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For their part in the greater covenant, the followers of each religion have a duty to investigate with an open mind whether a person who claims to be the promised messenger of their faith does, or does not, spiritually fulfill relevant prophecies.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To differentiate it from God's eternal greater covenant with humankind, Bahá'ís refer to a manifestation's agreement with his followers regarding whom they should turn to and obey immediately after his passing as the lesser covenant.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two distinctive features of the Bahá'í lesser covenant, which is referred to within the Bahá'í Faith as the <i><a href="/wiki/Covenant_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h#Lesser_Covenant" title="Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh">Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh</a></i>, are that it is explicit and also conveyed in authenticated written documents.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bahá'ís consider Bahá'u'lláh's covenant as unique in religious history, and the most powerful means for ensuring the spiritual health of the Faith's adherents, and their enduring unity and complete protection from any efforts to foment dissension or to create schism.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_religions">Other religions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other religions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-Iranian religion">Indo-Iranian</a> religious tradition, <a href="/wiki/Mithra" title="Mithra">Mithra</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mitra" title="Mitra">Mitra</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Hypostasis_(linguistics)" title="Hypostasis (linguistics)">hypostasis</a> of covenant, and hence keeper and protector of moral, social and interpersonal relationships, including love and friendship.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In living <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, which is one of the two primary developments of Indo-Iranian religious tradition, Mithra is by extension a judge, protecting agreements by ensuring that individuals who break one do not enter <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">Heaven</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_views_on_the_Old_Covenant" title="Christian views on the Old Covenant">Christian views on the Old Covenant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covenantal_theology_(Roman_Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenantal theology (Roman Catholic)">Covenantal theology (Roman Catholic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covenant_(law)" title="Covenant (law)">Covenant (law)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Covenant_(religion)&action=edit&section=12" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=First+Things&rft.atitle=The+Covenant+with+Israel&rft.date=2005-11&rft.aulast=Dulles+SJ&rft.aufirst=Avery&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstthings.com%2Farticle%2F2005%2F11%2Fthe-covenant-with-israel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ScottHahn-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ScottHahn_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHahn2009" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hahn" title="Scott Hahn">Hahn, Scott W.</a> (2009). <i>Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God's Saving Promises</i>. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 589. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780300140972" title="Special:BookSources/9780300140972"><bdi>9780300140972</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kinship+by+Covenant%3A+A+Canonical+Approach+to+the+Fulfillment+of+God%27s+Saving+Promises&rft.place=New+Haven&rft.pages=589&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=9780300140972&rft.aulast=Hahn&rft.aufirst=Scott+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">but not in the <a href="/wiki/KJV" class="mw-redirect" title="KJV">KJV</a> for example</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22&version=ESV">"Luke 22:20"</a>. Biblegateway.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-09-24</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Luke+22%3A20&rft.pub=Biblegateway.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblegateway.com%2Fpassage%2F%3Fsearch%3DLuke%2B22%26version%3DESV&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This definition of covenant is from <a href="/wiki/O._Palmer_Robertson" title="O. Palmer Robertson">O. Palmer Robertson</a>'s book <i>The Christ of the Covenants</i>. It has become an accepted definition among modern scholars. See this <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.apuritansmind.com/Baptism/McMahonOverviewRobertsonsBookChrist.htm">critical review of his book</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071113194042/http://apuritansmind.com/Baptism/McMahonOverviewRobertsonsBookChrist.htm">Archived</a> 2007-11-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">George R. Law, “The Form of the New Covenant in Matthew,” <i>American Theological Inquiry</i> 5:2 (2012).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Grudem, Wayne A. "The Covenants Between God and Man." <i>Systematic Theology: an Introduction to Biblical Doctrine</i>. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2000. 515. Print.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Moravian2021-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Moravian2021_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.moravian.org/2018/06/moravian-covenant-for-christian-living/">"Moravian Covenant for Christian Living"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a>. 17 June 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Moravian+Covenant+for+Christian+Living&rft.pub=Moravian+Church&rft.date=2018-06-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moravian.org%2F2018%2F06%2Fmoravian-covenant-for-christian-living%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FMC2016-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FMC2016_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legal.fmcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/membership-teaching-notes-session-1.pdf">"Covenant Membership"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Free_Methodist_Church" title="Free Methodist Church">Free Methodist Church</a>. 2016. pp. <span class="nowrap">5–</span>8<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Covenant+Membership&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E5-%3C%2Fspan%3E8&rft.pub=Free+Methodist+Church&rft.date=2016&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flegal.fmcusa.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2Fmembership-teaching-notes-session-1.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AWMC2014-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AWMC2014_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AWMC2014_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference)</i>. <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Ohio" title="Salem, Ohio">Salem</a>: <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Wesleyan_Methodist_Connection" title="Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection">Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection</a>. 2014. p. 44.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Discipline+of+the+Allegheny+Wesleyan+Methodist+Connection+%28Original+Allegheny+Conference%29&rft.place=Salem&rft.pages=44&rft.pub=Allegheny+Wesleyan+Methodist+Connection&rft.date=2014&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Emmanuel2002-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Emmanuel2002_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Emmanuel2002_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Guidebook of the Emmanuel Association of Churches</i>. <a href="/wiki/Logansport,_Indiana" title="Logansport, Indiana">Logansport</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmanuel Association">Emmanuel Association</a>. 2002. pp. <span class="nowrap">25–</span>28.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guidebook+of+the+Emmanuel+Association+of+Churches&rft.place=Logansport&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E25-%3C%2Fspan%3E28&rft.pub=Emmanuel+Association&rft.date=2002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sweet2014-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sweet2014_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSweet2014" class="citation book cs1">Sweet, Leonard (2014-02-21). <i>The Well-Played Life</i>. <a href="/wiki/Tyndale_House_Publishers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyndale House Publishers">Tyndale House Publishers</a>. p. 62. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4143-9080-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4143-9080-2"><bdi>978-1-4143-9080-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Well-Played+Life&rft.pages=62&rft.pub=Tyndale+House+Publishers&rft.date=2014-02-21&rft.isbn=978-1-4143-9080-2&rft.aulast=Sweet&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Manskar2012-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Manskar2012_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManskar2012" class="citation web cs1">Manskar, Steve (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/blog/covenant-renewal">"Covenant Renewal"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Discipleship_Ministries" title="Discipleship Ministries">Discipleship Ministries</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Covenant+Renewal&rft.pub=Discipleship+Ministries&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Manskar&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.umcdiscipleship.org%2Fblog%2Fcovenant-renewal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AMEZ2012-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AMEZ2012_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Doctrine and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church</i>. <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church">African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church</a>. 2012. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4969-5704-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4969-5704-7"><bdi>978-1-4969-5704-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Doctrine+and+Discipline+of+the+African+Methodist+Episcopal+Zion+Church&rft.pub=African+Methodist+Episcopal+Zion+Church&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-4969-5704-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IMC1986-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-IMC1986_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Discipline of the Immanuel Missionary Church</i>. <a href="/wiki/Shoals,_Indiana" title="Shoals, Indiana">Shoals, Indiana</a>: <a href="/wiki/Immanuel_Missionary_Church" title="Immanuel Missionary Church">Immanuel Missionary Church</a>. 1986. p. 21. <q>Members of the Immanuel Missionary Church who wilfully and repeatedly neglect the means of grace (Heb. 10:25; Mal. 3:16) shall be investigated by the Local Church Council, and if they do not repent and amend, they shall be discontinued, and the Secretary shall make know that they are excluded for breach of covenant and not for immoral conduct.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Discipline+of+the+Immanuel+Missionary+Church&rft.place=Shoals%2C+Indiana&rft.pages=21&rft.pub=Immanuel+Missionary+Church&rft.date=1986&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IPHC2021-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IPHC2021_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IPHC2021_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IPHC2021_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGardnerElyNisbettSpencer2021" class="citation book cs1">Gardner, J. Talmadge; Ely, Bob; Nisbett, Michelle; Spencer, Shirley G. (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iphc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IPHC-Manual-2017-2021-English.pdf"><i>Manual</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/International_Pentecostal_Holiness_Church" title="International Pentecostal Holiness Church">International Pentecostal Holiness Church</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">63–</span>71.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manual&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E63-%3C%2Fspan%3E71&rft.pub=International+Pentecostal+Holiness+Church&rft.date=2021&rft.aulast=Gardner&rft.aufirst=J.+Talmadge&rft.au=Ely%2C+Bob&rft.au=Nisbett%2C+Michelle&rft.au=Spencer%2C+Shirley+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fiphc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F06%2FIPHC-Manual-2017-2021-English.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACovenant+%28religion%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ldsorg-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ldsorg_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ldsorg_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/covenant?lang=eng&_r=1">"Covenant"</a>, churchofjesuschrist.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-eom-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eom_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eom_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Wouter Van Beek, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Covenants">"Covenants"</a>, in <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism" title="Encyclopedia of Mormonism">Encyclopedia of Mormonism</a></i> (New York: Macmillan, 1992).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dennis B. Neuenschwander, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2001/08/ordinances-and-covenants?lang=eng">"Ordinances and Covenants"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, August 2001.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Marion G. Romney</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1981/05/gospel-covenants?lang=eng">"Gospel Covenants"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, May 1981, p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/18.8-10,13?lang=eng">Mosiah 18:8–10, 13</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/20.37?lang=eng">Doctrine and Covenants 20:37</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/39.23?lang=eng">Doctrine and Covenants 39:23</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/20.75-79?lang=eng">Doctrine and Covenants 20:75–79</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/84.33-40?lang=eng">Doctrine and Covenants 84:33–39</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/124.39?lang=eng">Doctrine and Covenants 124:39</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132.15-20?lang=eng">Doctrine and Covenants 132:15–20</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/sacrament?lang=eng">Guide to the Scriptures: Sacrament</a>, churchofjesuschrist.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1995/03/i-have-a-question?lang=eng">"I Have a Question"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, March 1995.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See further: Kadi (Al-Qadi), Wadad (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1558296">"The Primordial Covenant and Human History in the Qur'ān"</a>. <i>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society</i>, Vol. 147, No. 4 (Dec., 2003), pp. 332-338.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Al-A%27raf" title="Al-A'raf">Surah Al-A'raf</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quran.com/7?startingVerse=172">7:172</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bowering1979-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bowering1979_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerhard_Böwering1979" class="citation book cs1">Gerhard Böwering (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UabRPEv_Lq0C"><i>The Mystical Vision of Existence in Classical Islam: The Qur'anic Hermeneutics of the Sufi Sahl At-Tustari</i></a>. 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