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: Eight-sided middle section of LDS Stake center steeple.

: © 2007, Val Brinkerhoff

: © 2007, Val Brinkerhoff

: © 2007, Val Brinkerhoff

Bounds

“All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it…”
D&C 93:30

Compass

“Compass: To surround; to environ; to inclose on all sides; sometimes followed by around, round or about.”
Noah Webster

“…ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.”
Josh. 6:4

Complete Cycle

“…wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.”
1 Nephi 10:19

“One eternal round in Mormon conception is evidence of the eternal and divine nature of circles, which, the tradition indicates, is an inescapable feature of physical reality.” – Unknown

Cup

“Then took I the cup at the Lord’s hand…”
Jeremiah 25:17

“Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.”
Ezekiel 23:31

“After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.”
1 Corinthians 11:25-26

“Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”
Luke 22:20

“After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25

“And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.”
3 Nephi 11:11

God’s Will

“…I, having accomplished and finished the will of him whose I am, even the Father…and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink— Nevertheless, glory be to the Father, and I partook and finished…”
D&C 19:2,18,19

Heaven

“One scholar has suggested that, since the compass, which is used to draw circles, points towards the bowl of the sky, and that the square, which is used to draw squares, points towards the earth, that the combination of the two symbols represent the powers of God in creating the bowl of the starry heavens and the four corners of the earth.”
Brown and Smith, Symbols in Stone, p. 105

“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
Matthew 23:9

“One and two are considered the parents of numbers, not really numbers themselves. And they give birth to the digits three through nine, in other words, trinity to the trinity of trinities. And with that and zero you can create – everything.”
Michael Schneider, Oral Interview, via YouTube

“Many mathematicians claim that it is more correct to say that a circle has an infinite number of corners than to view a circle as being cornerless.”
Brown, James Robert. 2008. Philosophy of Mathematics: A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Routledge.

Immortality

Coming soon…

Intelligences

“All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it, to act for itself, as all intelligence also; otherwise there is no existence.”
D&C 93:30

Spirit