Beliefs & Doctrine

Zion

  1. The pure in heart — a people united in righteousness.
  2. A place where God's covenant people gather; historically specific locations and, more broadly, the community of the Saints.

Zion carries several meanings: a holy city, the gathering places of the Saints, and, as scripture defines it, "the pure in heart." Building Zion — a unified, consecrated people — is a recurring aspiration in Latter-day Saint teaching.

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