A Covenant in the religious sense is a binding agreement
between God and man, whereby God requires of man certain behaviour in return
for which He guarantees certain blessings, or whereby He gives man certain
bounties in return for which He takes from those who accept them an undertaking
to behave in a certain way.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter
dated 23 March 1975, to an individual believer; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Covenant)
