Covenant

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Covenant may refer to:

Religion

• Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general
  • Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible
  • Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people
  • Covenant of allegiance in Ahmadiyya Islam, which requires followers to fulfill the
    Ten Conditions of Bai'at
  • Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh
    , in the Bahá'í faith, two separate binding agreements between God and man
    • Greater Covenant
      , the covenant made between each Manifestation from God and his followers regarding the coming of the next Manifestation from God
    • Lesser Covenant
      , regarding the successorship of authority within the religion
  • Covenant theology, in Christianity interpretations of a covenant surrounding Jesus's death and resurrection
  • Mosaic covenant, a biblical covenant between God and the biblical Israelites, including their proselytes.
  • New Covenant theology, a Christian theological position teaching that the Old Testament laws have been abrogated or cancelled with Jesus' crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant
  • New Covenant, a biblical interpretation often thought of as an eschatological Messianic Age or world to come and is related to the biblical concept of the Kingdom of God
  • Solemn League and Covenant, an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War
• Church covenant, a promise made by members to each other within a Christian church

Law

• Covenant (law), a promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action (including restrictive covenant, a restriction on the use of property)
• Covenant marriage, a marriage contract that does not allow for no-fault divorce

Film and television

Film

• The Covenant (1985 film), an American television horror film
• The Covenant (2006 film), an American supernatural horror film
• Alien: Covenant, a 2017 film by Ridley Scott; the second prequel in the Alien franchise
• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, a 2023 action-thriller film

Television

• The Covenant (Alias)
  , a fictional organization in the series Alias
• "Covenant" (Millennium), a 1997 episode
• "Covenant" (Smallville)
  , a 2004 episode
• "Covenant" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a 1998 episode
• "Covenant" (Stargate SG-1)
  , a 2004 episode
• "The Covenant" (Homeland), a 2017 episode
• "The Covenant" (Walker, Texas Ranger)
  , a 1995 episode

Fiction

• Covenant (short story), a short story by Elizabeth Bear
• Covenant (World of Darkness)
  , in the fictional World of Darkness universe
• The Covenant (novel), a novel by James Michener set in South Africa
• Thomas Covenant
  the Unbeliever, the protagonist and title character of a series of fantasy novels by Stephen R. Donaldson

Music

• Covenant (band), a Swedish band
• Covenant, former name of the Norwegian band The Kovenant
• Covenant (Greg Brown album)
• Covenant (Morbid Angel album), the third album by death metal band Morbid Angel
• Covenant (UFO album), the 16th album by heavy metal band UFO

Video games

• Covenant (Halo), a religious alliance of alien races in the Halo video game series
• Shadow Hearts: Covenant, console role-playing game developed by Nautilus and published by Midway in 2004
• Daggerfall Covenant, a faction in MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online
• The Covenant, a 1985 video game by PSS software
• Covenant, the name of a Settlement in Fallout 4

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