A “merismus” is an ancient rhetorical device wherein a topic or statement is divided into parts, the division allowing the entire topic or statement to be brought to mind by listing only one or more of the parts. The Savior taught six major points of doctrine: faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, enduring to the end, and eternal life. We could label these six points A, B, C, D, E, and F, establishing a pattern. In a merismus, naming at least two of these points of doctrine—for instance, faith and enduring to the end—would bring to mind the entire list. Similarly, the expression cited above (“Endure to the end, which is life eternal”) would have the same effect. The Hebrew Bible frequently uses the merismus, and in the Book of Mormon, there are at least 130 meristic statements regarding Christ’s doctrine. (See Echoes, 141–143).