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The Book of Mormon describes a number of individuals unique to its narrative as prophets. Here, the prophets included are those who, according to the narrative, inherited the plates of Nephi and who otherwise are called prophets within the text. Also included are the high priests mentioned and the missionaries.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1981 The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. [260] New introductions, chapter summaries, and footnotes. 1920 edition errors corrected based on original manuscript and 1840 edition. [252] Updated in a revised edition in 2013. [261] [262] link: Community of Christ: 1966
Mormon / ˈ m ɔːr m ən / is believed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ to be a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans known as the Nephites, one of the four groups (including the Lamanites, Jaredites, and Mulekites) described in the Book of Mormon as having settled in the ancient Americas.
Three sermons of Jacob are recorded in the Book of Mormon [4] which include preaching of central as well as specific doctrinal truths. In them, Jacob preaches many core LDS doctrines, including humanity's fallen nature and subsequent need of an infinite atonement, the salvation of repentant individuals through the Atonement of Christ, and so forth.
Mormon apologists give several reasons to explain why the Lectures were removed from the scriptural volumes of the LDS Church. According to church apostle Joseph Fielding Smith, the reasons were: "(a) They were not received as revelations by the prophet Joseph Smith. "(b) They are instructions relative to the general subject of faith.
Many Latter Day Saints believe that the Urim and Thummim of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon were the functional equivalent of the Urim and Thummim mentioned in the Old Testament. [45] [46] In the Book of Mormon, the prophets the Brother of Jared and Mosiah both used devices called "interpreters" to receive revelation for their people. [47]
[1] According to the text, it is a comment inserted by the prophet Mormon while compiling the records which became the Book of Mormon. Textually, Words of Mormon serves to link the Small Plates of Nephi , which precede it in the current printed version, but which would have been placed after Mormon's full record in the golden plates , with the ...
Samuel first appears in Helaman 13. [1] Samuel is notable in the Book of Mormon as he is a Lamanite prophet. Most prophets that appear in the book are Nephites.. After attempting to preach to the people in Zarahemla, and being rejected, he was told by revelation to return and prophesy to the people.