Covenant
A covenant is a solemn agreement to engage in or refrain from a specified action. It is commonly found in religious contexts, where it refers to sacred agreements between a god and human beings. It may also refer to:
Religion
- Covenant (biblical)
- Covenant (Latter Day Saints), in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people.
- Covenant (religion) – a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general. An example of a covenant relationship in Judaism and Christianity is that between Abraham and God, in which God made a covenant with Abraham that He would bless Abraham's descendants making them more numerous than the stars.
- Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, in the Bahá'í Faith
- Covenant theology, a form of Calvinist philosophy which views all of history under the aspect of God's covenants
- Covenantal Theology (Roman Catholic)
- Mosaic covenant, the eternal covenant between God and Israel, of which the Shabbat is declared to be the sign forever.
- New Covenant, a Christian concept, that Jesus Christ was the mediator of a New Covenant, fulfilling the Mosaic covenant.
Law and government
- Covenant (historical), historical term for treaties or other agreements
- Covenant (law): Covenants in a legal setting, particularly real covenants restricting the use of property
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, a United Nations treaty
- Palestinian National Covenant of 1964, which outlined the aims of the Palestine Liberation Organization
- Ulster Covenant of 1912, which protested against a British home-rule bill
- Solemn League and Covenant of 1643, a treaty for the preservation of the reformed religion in Scotland
- Scottish Covenant of circa 1950, a petition for Scottish home rule
- Covenanters, a historical Scots political organization bound together to support the National Covenant of 1638 and the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643
- Covenant Party (disambiguation), various political parties
- Covenant marriage, a marriage contract which does not allow for no-fault divorce
Finance
- Loan covenant, a set of conditions that may be placed by a lender on a borrower in a commercial loan.
Places and institutions
- Covenant Life, Alaska, a town in Alaska
- Covenant Bible College Canada, a vocational/Bible college located in Strathmore, Alberta
- Covenant Day School, private Christian School in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Covenant College (disambiguation), the undergraduate institution of the Presbyterian Church in America (and other Covenant Colleges)
- Covenant Health Systems, a New England health care company
- Covenant Theological Seminary, the denominational seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America
- Covenant University, private university in Nigeria
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