Q. for Mormons: what is the origin of the name Mormon?

Question

The Book, called the Book of Mormon, was revealed by an angel named Moroni, as I have been told. Where does the name Mormon come from?

Answer 1

Joseph Smith himself commented on the origin of the word: Mormon. It can be found in the book, "Teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith." Joseph states that Mormon is a compound word, meaning "more good."
Mormon is the name of the father of Moroni.

Answer 2

Mormon Origin

Answer 3

The Book of Mormon is a cannon of scripture made up of a number of different books that were written by various prophets (very much like the Bible).

One of the last of these was named Mormon. He was the one that cannonized the book and abridged some of the writings and created most of the book as we have it. His son, Moroni, added a few things and then deposited it in the Hill Cumorah in New York.

It was him who led Joseph Smith to it centuries later.

Mormon did most of the editing, compiling, and cannonizing. For that reason it is known as "The Book of Mormon".

.....and he was very cool!

Answer 4

The prophet Mormon the father of Moroni is named Mormon.

Answer 5

Mormon was a prophet in the Book of Mormon. There were several sets of writings and he abridged them all into one record- the plates that Joseph Smith translated.

Mormon was the father of Moroni- when Mormon Died, Moroni finished what was left and wrote his own record, which he added to the end of the abridged plates. He recorded that his people - the remaining Christians or Nephites- had been scattered and that those who were caught by the non-Christians/Lamanites were killed if they would not Deny Christ. He would not Deny Christ so he was in hiding. To his knowledge he was the last of his people remaining. Moroni, hid all the records in a hill and then centuries later, as an Angel he showed Joseph Smith where they were hidden so that they could be translated for our benefit.

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Answer 6

The use of Mormon as a nickname for the church originated in the mid-1800s (around 1830-1840) and is derived from the Book of Mormon. It use was started by those who were against Joseph Smith and was meant to be a derogatory term; however, as you probably are aware, it is not considered a negative term today (although the church prefers to be known by its official name). According to the church's teachings, Mormon was the name of the individual responsible for compiling the ancient scripture and the name translated means "more good."

Answer 7

1. Jesus is not equal to God because He is the Son of God. He was the first born in spirit and the only begotten in the flesh. He is glorified, deified and is the God of this world by assignment from the Father. In the Old Testament, He spake for the Father because, as He said, He only did what the Father instructed Him to do. 2. Jesus, like the rest of us were intelligences before we were organized spirits. Spirit matter, intelligence or truth, has always been a part of the eternal fabric. God, the Father, organized the intelligences into spirit children and we were with the Father when He presented His plan for each of us to come to earth to gain mortality and to be tested to see if we would obey every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. 3. We worship God, the Father, His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, all of whom are God's united as a Godhead for the purpose of bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. If I have to use your too simplistic couplings, it would be b, a, a

Answer 8

Mormon was a prophet who abridged and but all the writings together on the plates that Joseph found. He was in a war where everyone in his "tribe" were killed. He was the last one left, and he was hunted down and killed himself. He hid the plates in the hill that Joseph was led to. The Book of Mormon was named after him because of the fact that he was the one who put them all together. Before, they were just separate books with no order. He placed them in semi-chronological order so it was easier to understand.

Answer 9

I am amazed at how many people answer this question who have never read the Book of Mormon... kind of like commenting on the Bible yet they have never read or studied it.

Mormon is one of the authors of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is much like the Bible... a Book of Books. Mormon wrote one small book of his own, and also compiled together the writings of others into one abridged work. He then gave the finalized plates to his son Moroni who also wrote a small book at the end of the work and then hid it up because he was being pursued by those who hated Christians.

Joseph Smith was led to where the plates were buried and given the means to translate the work.

What is interesting is that the religion of the Book of Mormon (and Mormon himself) is much closer to a mainstream Protestant religion than the Utah LDS Mormons. The Book of Mormon even condemns many LDS teachings (past and present) and doesn't teach many of their beliefs at all. Things like polygamy, racism, a changing God, Celestial Marriage, Baptism for the Dead, the 1st Presidency are all absent and even condemned in the Book of Mormon.

If the scoffers on this forum were to ever pick it up and read it for themselves they would soon find out what I have written is true.

Answer 10

Mormon was the character in the book who supposedly compiled the book before giving it to his son Moroni.

After Joseph had finished it, Sidney Rigdon apparently wanted some more Campbellite Restorationist ideals in it, so the two had Moroni pen his own book, completely out of left field compared to his "father's" writing, and littered with Rigdon's Campbellite sermon material.

So in other words, the book had a title before the Moroni character even became important. In fact, the angel who supposedly appeared to Joseph was originally referred to as Nephi in Joseph's early accounts of the experience.