BOM Title Page
To shorten (pieces of writing) without losing the sense of what has been said.
What is to Abridge? or What is an abridgement?
Groups who came from Jerusalem in approximately 600 BC.
Who are the Nephites and Lamanites?
Oliver Cowdery
David Whitmer
Martin Harris
What are the names of the 3 witnesses to the Book of Mormon?
“On the evening of the … twenty-first of September [1823]"
What was the date the last prophet of the Book of Mormon visited the first prophet of this last dispensation?
Introductions in a non-italic typeface, such as in 1 Nephi and immediately preceding Mosiah chapter 9.
What is part of the sacred text of the Book of Mormon?
Remnants (left overs) from the house of Israel who are living mainly in North and South America today.
Who are the Lamanites?
The group who came to North and South America when the Lord confounded the tongues (created many different languages) at the Tower of Babel.
Who are the Jaredites?
Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, Peter Whitmer, Jun., John Whitmer, Hiram Page, Joseph Smith, Sen., Hyrum Smith, Samuel H. Smith
What are the names of the 8 witnesses to the Book of Mormon?
“...There were two stones in silver bows—and these stones, fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called these — deposited with the plates; and the possession and use of these ... were what constituted ‘seers’ in ancient or former times; and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book."
What are the Urim and Thummim?
Introductions to the Book of Mormon that are in italics, such as in chapter headings.
What are the parts of the Book of Mormon, that are not part of the original text, but are study helps included for convenience in reading?
The prophet who abridged the Plates of Nephi?
Who is Mormon?
After Mormon completed his abridgement, he delivered the abridgement to this son, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the Hill Cumorah.
Who is Moroni?
And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon; and we know that it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that we beheld and bear record that these things are true.
What is the testimony of the 3 witnesses of the Book of Mormon?
"If I did (this) I should be destroyed."
What is the consequence Joseph Smith faced if he were to show the plates to anyone other than whom he was commanded to show them?
Two kinds of plates: the small plates and the large plates. The small plates were mostly concerned with spiritual matters and the ministry and teachings of the prophets, while the large plates were mostly a secular history of the peoples concerned (1 Nephi 9:2–4). From the time of Mosiah, however, the large plates also included items of major spiritual importance.
What are the The Plates of Nephi?
A record of the people of Jared, who were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, when they were building a tower to get to heaven.
What is the Book of Ether?
Those who pursue this course will gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon's truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost.
What is to: 1. Read the Book of Mormon, 2. Ponder in your hearts the message it contains, and, 3. ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true.
And we also know that they (the gold plates) have been translated by the gift and power of God, for his voice hath declared it unto us; wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true. And we also testify that we have seen the engravings which are upon the plates; and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man.
What is the testimony of the 3 witnesses of the Book of Mormon?
He informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation.
Who is the Angel Moroni?
These plates consist of an abridgment by Mormon from the large plates of Nephi, with many commentaries, and they also contain a continuation of the history by Mormon and additions by his son Moroni.
What are The Plates of Mormon?
To convince the Jew and Gentile (those who are not Jews) that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, and to manifest him (show him clearly) unto all nations.
What is the purpose of the Book of Mormon?
You will gain this knowledge and witness from the Holy Spirit if you know that the Book of Mormon is true.
What is the knowledge that: 1. Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, 2. Joseph Smith is His revelator and prophet in these last days, and 3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the Second Coming of the Messiah?
And this we bear record with words of soberness, that the said Smith has shown unto us, for we have seen and hefted, and know of a surety that the said Smith has got the plates of which we have spoken. And we give our names unto the world, to witness unto the world that which we have seen. And we lie not, God bearing witness of it.
What is the testimony of the 8 witnesses of the Book of Mormon?
“Accordingly, as I had been commanded, I went at the end of each year, and at each time I found the same messenger there, and received instruction and intelligence from him at each of our interviews, respecting what the Lord was going to do, and how and in what manner his kingdom was to be conducted in the last days. … At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate."
What is the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven?
These plates were obtained by the people of Lehi from Laben in 600 B.C. These plates contained:
1. The five books of Moses.
2. A record of the Jews from the beginning, to the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah.
3. The prophecies of the holy prophets both, biblical like Isaiah, and nonbiblical.
What are The Plates of Brass?