http://www.mormonmonastery.org Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:05:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://www.mormonmonastery.org/107/ http://www.mormonmonastery.org/107/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:22:22 +0000 http://www.mormonmonastery.org/?p=145 “Covenant”- LDS Bible Dictionary

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• Discusses covenants in the scriptures and the rituals for making them, and draws comparisons to the temple ordinances.

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• A similar talk “Covenants- Our Bond with the Divine” was given March 9, 2004 at BYUI, in .pdf format.

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• Seely discusses biblical passages in which one swears an oath by raising the right hand.

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• Discusses curses as an inherent part of ancient covenant formulae.
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