what's the history of the word "M-O-R-M-O-N"?

Answer 1

You have several good answers already. Mormon was the prophet that compiled the record that later became known as The Book of Mormon. This book of scripture, a second witness of Christ, is often known as the cornerstone of the LDS faith because if it is a true book of scripture, then Joseph Smith was indeed a prophet and everything he restored was true. If it is not what it claims to be, then the whole church around it collapses. The early enemies of the church started calling the members Mormons as a derisive nickname due to our use of the Book of Mormon. The nickname got stuck and has endured ever since. Most members are not ashamed to be known as Mormons and wear the term with honor. However, officially we are discouraged from calling ourselves that because we want to emphasize that we are The Church of Jesus Christ and that it is our Lord and Savior that we worship. This not the church of a man, but the Church of Jesus Christ.

Answer 2

It is first found (chronologically) in the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 18. It was a place in the wilderness. It was called this because it was "infested, by times or at seasons, by wild beasts." This place became a hiding place for a group of righteous people that fled a wicked town. There was a natural pool there called the waters of Mormon where these people were baptized.

The Mormon prophet that most of the other answers talk about was named after his father Mormon (Mormon 1:5). It is commonly believed that he was named after the place previously mentioned, but it isn't mentioned. Mormon compiled the writings of 1000 years of history of the Nephites/Lamanites and wrote them on golden tablets. He then left them to his son Moroni, who added the history of another group of people, the Jaredites, along with his own teachings.

After Joseph Smith translated the tablets, it was published under the title, The Book of Mormon. The name then became a nickname for followers of the religion.


I've also heard that Mormo is the name of the god of the dead in Chinese or some other Asian language and that it's followers are called Mormons. But I don't know much about that.

Answer 3

ok, allman is an idiot.

Mormon lived on the ancient "American" continent. He took 1000 years of his people's history, and summarized it in a "book" that he wrote. That book was buried in the earth, with the intent that it would be found and published in the last days.

Through a series of occurrences, Joseph Smith was led to the record and given the authority to translate it into English.
He also established the Lord's church for the final time on earth, preparing for the Lord's second coming. He did many other things which I will not got into detail now, but the information is available within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Because of his claims about this record of Mormon, he and the people that believe in it have been called Mormons. But in all actuality, these people are called the Saints, among those who understand their teachings better.

Of course, those who don't understand their teachings just call them Mormons, like any other name given to a group of people to label them easier.

Answer 4

Mormon is the prophet in The Book of Mormon after whom the book is named. According to the Introduction and the account of Joseph Smith, Jr., Mormon was the prophet-historian who engraved the book on Golden Plates. Latter Day Saints believe Mormon was a Nephite prophet who lived in the Americas during the 4th century AD.

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.

Answer 5

Mormon is the nickname given by some to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The term comes from the Book of Mormon, which is a record of the teachings and gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by the ancient inhabitants of the Americas whom believed in Christ. Many prophets through the centuries recorded their teachings in the record. One such prophet, named Mormon, collected the writings onto metal plates, and thus the entire record is known as the Book of Mormon. The term Mormon, then, is derived from that book.

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon

Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which is commonly called the Mormon Church. The LDS Church believes that "Mormon" may only properly be applied to its members; however, the term is occasionally used more broadly to describe any individual or group that claims belief in the Book of Mormon, including other Latter Day Saints groups. According to Latter Day Saint belief, Mormon is also the name of the compiler of the book of scripture known as the Book of Mormon.

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Answer 7

In the LDS church, Mormon was an ancient prophet and historian who engraved the golden plates which were discovered and then translated by Joseph Smith. The plates tell the story of people who lived in the Americas and who were visited by Christ after his resurrection.

Because Mormon was the one who recorded the information on the plates, the book is called "The Book of Mormon." Members of the LDS Church are frequently called Mormons, but their actual preferred title is Ladder-day Saints.

Answer 8

Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which is commonly called the Mormon Church. The LDS Church believes that "Mormon" may only properly be applied to its members; however, the term is occasionally used more broadly to describe any individual or group that claims belief in the Book of Mormon, including other Latter Day Saints groups. According to Latter Day Saint belief, Mormon is also the name of the compiler of the book of scripture known as the Book of Mormon.

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Answer 9

Hey all man, mormon clergy work for FREE. Bishops, stake presidents, all members of the church that work in auxillary positions do it without pay. The church pays taxes on all investments and holdings that arent put under the tax free status. All money from tithes go back into buildings and church programs. The church has one of the most extensive welfare programs in the world that includes farms and canneries to provide for the needs of members and nonmembers. The general authorities have living expenses paid but many of them pay their own way because they are already self made men due to the fact that they all had full time careers and most of them are retired from their worldly jobs.


Mormon was a prophet in the book of mormon that abridged the prophets writings onto tablets thru the direction of God.
That is why the book is named after him. He abridged it so that the most essential parts and doctrines were in it without it being thousands of pages long.

Answer 10

Mormon is a term used to describe the adherents, practitioners, followers or constituents of Mormonism. The term most often refers to a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which is commonly called the Mormon Church. The LDS Church believes that "Mormon" may only properly be applied to its members; however, the term is occasionally used more broadly to describe any individual or group that claims belief in the Book of Mormon, including other Latter Day Saints groups. According to Latter Day Saint belief, Mormon is also the name of the compiler of the book of scripture known as the Book of Mormon.

The term "Mormon" has its origins from the Book of Mormon, which is believed by Latter Day Saints to be a collection of writings and teachings of the ancient prophets and followers of Jesus Christ who lived in the Americas from approximately 600 B.C. to A.D. 421. Mormons believe that Joseph Smith, Jr. translated the Book of Mormon into English by divine inspiration from golden plates that he received from the angel Moroni. Mormons believe that the Book of Mormon is another scriptural witness of Jesus Christ that is comparable to the Bible, which they also believe to be the word of God.[1] The book gets its name from Mormon, the prophet who abridged the record during the 4th century.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the earliest published usages of the term "Mormon" to describe believers in the Book of Mormon was in 1833 by the Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Herald in an article, "The Mormons and the Anti-Mormons".[2]

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