Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including David O. McKay, Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson, Marion G. Romney, and J. Reuben Clark, claimed that communism is a "counterfeit" version of the law of consecration. In 1942, the church issued the following statement: Communism and all other similar isms bear no relationship whatever to the United Order. They are merely the clumsy counterfeits which Satan always devises of the Gospel plan ... The United Order leaves every man free to choose his own religion as his conscience directs. Communism destroys man's God-given free agency; the United Order glorifies it. Latter-day Saints cannot be true to their faith and lend aid, encouragement, or sympathy to any of these false philosophies. Nevertheless, communal unity and equality are central tenets of the Latter Day Saint doctrine of Zion as described in , "And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them." See also Bishop's storehouse Catholic social teaching Christian anarchism Christian communism Communalism (political philosophy) Communitarianism History of the Latter Day Saint movement Mormonism and the national debate over socialism and communism Mutualism (economic theory) Religious communism Tithe Zion's Central Board of Trade Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution Notes References . . . . . . Further reading . . . Christian socialism Defunct organizational subdivisions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Doctrine and Covenants History of the Latter Day Saint movement Latter Day Saint terms Mormon fundamentalism Religious organizations established in 1831 Utopian communities in the United States 1831 establishments in Ohio Latter Day Saint organizations 19th-century Mormonism