Prophets and people
This prophet-historian abridged the gold plates and gave the book its name.
Who is Mormon?
These two nations descended from a group who arrived in the Americas 600 B.C.
Who are the Nephites and Lamanites?
The Book of Mormon is compared to this other holy scripture.
What is the Bible?
These two sets of testimonies by witnesses are included in the book.
What are "The Testimony of Three Witnesses" and "The Testimony of Eight Witnesses"?
QUOTE
"And when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God."
Mosiah 2:17
This resurrected being appeared to Joseph Smith and instructed him about the plates.
Who is Moroni?
This civilization arrived much earlier, fleeing the confusion at Babel.
Who are the Jaredites?
This crowning event of the book saw Jesus Christ minister to the Nephites.
What is His personal ministry?
This allowed the plates to be translated into English.
What is the gift and power of God?
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.
1 Nephi 3:7
Nephite missionary known for his powerful sermons
Who is Amulek?
Descendants of Lehi who arrived in the Americas separately from the Nephites
Who are the Mulekites?
The Book of Mormon outlines this plan for mankind's redemption.
What is the plan of salvation?
Stones used by Joseph Smith to translate the gold plates
What are the Urim and Thummim?
Yea, come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift; and let not the wicked cut you off.
Moroni 10:30
Eleven of these individuals witnessed the gold plates, adding their testimonies to the book.
Who are the Witnesses?
All these civilizations except one were eventually destroyed. Who are their descendants among?
Who are the American Indians?
According to Joseph Smith, what can one get closer to by abiding by the Book of Mormon's precepts?
What is God?
This date marks the appearance of Moroni to Joseph Smith.
What is September 21, 1823?
Quote
"Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength."
Moroni 10:32
This prophet received the plates from Mormon and added his own testimony.
Who is Moroni?
Name all four civilizations mentioned in the introduction.
Nephites, Lamanites, Jaredites,Zoramites
According to the introduction, what does the Book of Mormon offer additional light and clarification on, and what does it warn against?
Additional light and clarification on Jesus Christ's teachings and warnings against rejecting the prophets and testimonies offered.
Identify five additional scriptures directly referenced in the Book of Mormon text.
Isaiah 53, Malachi 3:1-6, Matthew 21:13
According to the introduction, what is the purpose of the Book of Mormon and what can one gain by asking God about its truth?
To witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the Holy Ghost.