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Within the Latter Day Saint movement, Zion is often used to connote a utopian association of the righteous. This association would practice a form of communitarian economics called the United Order meant to ensure that all members maintained an acceptable quality of life, class distinctions were minimized, and group unity achieved. While Zion has often been linked with theocracy, the concept of Zion did not theoretically require such a governmental system. In this way, Zion must be distinguished from the ideal political system called theodemocracy which Mormons believed would be adopted upon Christ's Second Coming. However, "Zion" maintains several possible meanings within the Latter Day Saint lexicon. ==Latter-day Saint Usage of "Zion"== # Zion retains its Biblical meaning and refers to Jerusalem. (See Zion) # Zion is the name of a physical city founded by the prophet Enoch, also known as the City of Enoch. # Zion refers to the New Jerusalem, a physical, Millennial city expected to be located in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. # Zion metaphorically refers to any group of people that are unified and "pure in heart". The City of Enoch is one example of "a Zion people", and the people described in Fourth Nephi is another. For Zion to be fully realized, the society must be willing to live the law of consecration based on mutual feelings of charity, which is the pure love of Christ. # Zion is the central physical location to which Latter Day Saints have gathered. The term has been applied to: Kirtland, Ohio; Jackson County, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and the Salt Lake Valley. # Zion is also, according to Joseph Smith, the entirety of the Americas. Joseph Smith stated that "the whole of America is Zion itself from north to south". # Zion is a metaphor for a unified society of Latter Day Saints, metaphorically gathered as members of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints). In this sense any stake of the church may be referred to as a "stake of Zion."〔The name "stake" comes from a passage in Isaiah that compares Zion to a tent that will enlarge as new stakes are planted. See () and ().〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zion (Latter Day Saints)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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