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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

painting, symbolic imagery, laws, Christianity, illustrations

College

Religious Education

Department

Church History and Doctrine

Abstract

As a requirement for salvation, Christ’s life and teachings illuminate the key principles in the law of consecration, providing the roadmap requisite in obedience to the spirit and letter of consecration. While nothing can supplant these teachings, art throughout time has served as a supplementary tool allowing the viewer to take a new pictorial perspective to these concepts. This project consists of five paintings and a number of studies dealing with the law of consecration and the separate aspects of the law. Brigham Young pointed out three principles he saw essential in truly consecrating ones life to God. The first principle is the recognition that all things come from God—that he is the source of all creation. The second is the concept that all who live the law are given certain stewardships over which they have responsibility. The final aspect is an understanding that the base of the law of consecration is charity, and that its foundation is derived from an inner love of God and one’s brothers.

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