Mormon is the name of the prophet in The Book of Mormon after whom the book is named. According to the Introduction and the account of Joseph Smith, Jr. (the book's translator), Mormon was the prophet-historian who engraved the book on Golden Plates. Many Latter Day Saints believe Mormon was a Nephite prophet who lived in the Americas during the 4th century AD. With few exceptions, non-adherants to the Latter Day Saint Movement disregard Mormon as fictitious. The Book of Mormon (originally, The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi) is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint movement, named after the prophet/historian Mormon, who according to the text compiled most... Joseph Smith, Jr. ... An 1893 engraving of Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates and the Urim and Thummim from Moroni. ... A Latter Day Saint is an adherent of the Latter Day Saint movement, a group of religions tracing their heritage to the teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr. ... In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites are a people descended from or associated with Nephi, a prophet who traveled with his family from Jerusalem to the Western Hemisphere circa 600 B.C. at the urging of God. ... In religion, a prophet is a person who has directly encountered God, of whose intentions he can then speak as if he were a formal representative of God. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere historically considered to consist of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...

The Book of Mormon reports that Mormon was instructed by the prophet Ammaron where to find the records that had been passed down from their ancestors. It also claims that Mormon later abridged the near-millennium-long history of his ancestors, a more ancient people, and additional revelations into the Book of Mormon. The divisions of Mormon attributed to the prophet are the Words of Mormon and the first seven chapters of the larger book. Mormon eventually passed all of the records on to his son Moroni. In the Book of Mormon, Ammaron is a Nephite record-keeper and possibly a prophet. ... The Words of Mormon is the title of one of the books in The Book of Mormon. ... The Book of Mormon is the name of a book, or division, in The Book of Mormon. ...

Life history

According to Mormon's record in the Book of Mormon,^[1] he was born in about 311 A.D. and was named after his father. About at the age of ten, he was visited by Ammaron and given instructions on where to find the sacred engravings of the Nephite prophets and on what to engrave upon them.^[2] At the age of eleven, Mormon was taken to the land of Zarahemla by his father.^[3] Events By Place Roman Empire May 5 - Galerius issues his Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in his part of the Roman Empire. ... In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites are a people descended from or associated with Nephi, a prophet who traveled with his family from Jerusalem to the Western Hemisphere circa 600 B.C. at the urging of God. ... According to the Book of Mormon, the Land of Zarahemla (popularly attributed to Biblical Hebrew זֶרַע־חֶמְלָה seed of compassion) was the Nephite capital for many years, and it was discovered by Mosiah sometime between 323 and 130 B.C. Its original inhabitants were Jews who went out from Jerusalem at the...

Mormon writes that at age fifteen he was visited by Jesus Christ.^[4] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

At age sixteen, Mormon became the leader of the Nephite armies,^[5] and fought against the Lamanites in many battles thereafter. In The Book of Mormon, a Lamanite (BoM Arabic لاماني Lāmānī) is a member of one of three main tribes described in the book. ...

Mormon went to the hill (called Shim) at the age of 24, as instructed by Ammaron, to take and abridge the Nephite records.^[6]

In 362, Mormon writes that he "utterly refuse[d]...to be a commander and a leader" to the Nephites "because of their wickedness and abomination."^[7] However, about thirteen years later, Mormon decided to return to command of the Nephite armies as they were being badly beaten by the Lamanites.^[8] Events February 21 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. ...

Upon returning, Mormon again led them in battle against the Lamanites until the entire destruction of the Nephite nation, which took place as a result of a huge battle fought between the two groups in 385.^[9] The prophet Moroni, Mormon's son to whom he delivered the Golden Plates, records that Mormon was killed by the Lamanites (presumably in 385 A.D. or shortly thereafter). As the last prophet and keeper of the record, Moroni is said to have become the angel or messenger who revealed the location of the Golden Plates to Joseph Smith in 1823.^[10][11] Events February 11 - Oldest Pope elected: Siricius, bishop of Tarragona. ... An 1893 engraving of Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates and the Urim and Thummim from Moroni. ... Bern Switzerland Temple Statue of Angel Moroni Moroni [mɔrounai], according to the Book of Mormon, was the last Nephite prophet and military commander who lived in North America in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. ...

Notes

1. ^ (1985) “The Book of Mormon,”, The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 469-87.
2. ^ Mormon 1:25, Ibid.
3. ^ Mormon 1:6, Ibid.
4. ^ Mormon 1:15, Ibid.
5. ^ Mormon 2:1-2, Ibid.
6. ^ Mormon 2:17-18, Ibid.
7. ^ Mormon 3:11, Ibid.
8. ^ Mormon 5:12, Ibid.
9. ^ Mormon 8, Ibid.
10. ^ Mormon 8:3, Ibid.
11. ^ Joseph Smith History 1:27-54

See also

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Book of Mormon prophets

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