It seems a little presumptuous of book of mormon central to assume that they know more about captain moroni s character than mormon did. Captain moroni is presented as a righteous and skilled military commander. Some have argued that joseph smith cribbed and spun names from stories about captain kidd, a famous pirate and treasurehunter, to get cumorah and moroni in the book of mormon. Katie naea, senior in sociology from american samoa captain moroni and thats because in the scriptures hes described as that if every person. He is perhaps best known for raising a title of liberty as a call to arms for his people to defend their country, family, freedom, peace, and religion. The only place in the new world where a narrow mountain range runs in an eastwest direction and touches two oceans both book of mormon requirementsis the. In the book of mormon, a righteous nephite military commander who lived about 100 b. The virtue of captain moroni june 1, 2012 dan campbell 73 comments perhaps like me, you read the book of mormon as a youngster and wondered at the greatness of captain moroni, the indefatigable defender of liberty and christianity. Moroni is often easily confused with captain moroni, a much earlier book of mormon figure that mormon greatly admired.
Donofrio, a critic of the restoration and the book of mormon, accused joseph smith of plagiarism by listing comparisons between moroni and other patriots in the book of mormon with george washington and other defenders of liberty from the american. A mighty captain of the nephites in the days of captain moroni. Moroni revealed that smith had been selected to translate the book of mormon, a sacred text that was written around the 4th century and. Captain moroni s flagshort story cut the photos out and see if you class can tell the story.
Lehi was greatly feared by the lamanites and was frequently the spring of moroni. Mormon was writing nearly four centuries after the events of the socalled war chapters in the second half of the book of alma. I sincerely hope that you will prayerfully study captain moroni with an open mind in the true context that mormon intended to place him. Captain moroni represented the golden days of the nephite civilization, a time when the people still repented of their sins and qualified for the blessings of god and the strength that comes. Another limited geography model, known as the heartland model, has the book of mormon taking place primarily in. He is first mentioned in the book of alma, as the chief captain over the nephites. Captain moroni and book of mormon covenant theology as would be expected for divinely led israelite transplants, covenants constituted the core of religion, society and government in the sacral world of the ancient nephites. Lessons from wars in the book of mormon book of mormon. Moroni and lehi were, beloved by each other, and also beloved by all the people of nephi alma 53. I took the text of the book of mormon not including chapter summaries that were added later and ran each book through a program that looks at everything from the mostused words and phrases in the text to its level of readability, number of characters, longest sentence captain moroni holds the record with a sentence of 5 words in alma 60. This item captain moroni lds book of mormon poster print artwork for youth, children, teens, missionaries. However, he decided to make the figure of chiefcaptain moroni one of his main focuses. A statue of the angel moroni sits atop the salt lake temple in salt lake. Arnold friberg portrays captain moroni as he raises the title of liberty in memory of our god, our religion.
Smith claimed to translate the original text of the plates into english. We build enduring faith in jesus christ by making the book of mormon accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world. Mormon included his story because we, the readers of the book of mormon, would need it in our day, not to justify war, but to preserve ourselves, body and spirit, from the blood and sins of our generation. It is also possible that moroni s epistle was more accurate regarding pahoran than we generally thinkthat is, that pahoran actually did deserve some of the generalized condemnation moroni. He was a confident leader with a passionate hatred of evil. Captain moroni religionwiki fandom powered by wikia. The book of mormon says that the lamanites were divided on their north from the nephite land of zarahemla by a narrow strip of wilderness, which ran from the sea east even to the sea west alma 22.
It seemed that mormon had many records from which to draw his history. Finally, mormon decided to repeat one last successful tactic from captain moroni. Some major book of mormon figuressuch as captain moroni, ammon, pahoran, and nephihahare omitted from the list because they had prominent roles only in secular and military history. According to the book of mormon, captain moroni was an important nephite military commander and patriot who lived during the first century bc. According to the book of mormon, moroni was the son of mormon, 1 the prophet for whom the book of mormon is named. An iconic symbol of the faith, moroni stands atop most of the mormon churchs 4 temples worldwide.
Moroni 1 the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Riess notes that at a crucial point in the book of mormon, moroni mixes up the good guys and the bad guys and threatens a righteous representative of a decent government. He had sworn with an oath to protect his people from amalickiah and his lamanite army. Lds book of mormon hero poster 24x 36 matte finish print captain moroni poster alma 60.
We invite all people everywhere to read the book of mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask god, the eternal father, in the name of christ, if the book is true. Did george washington quote captain moronis title of. I can read the book of mormon title of liberty coloring page. He is best known for the title of liberty which he made by tearing off a piece of his coat and writing on it. The following list comprises moronis prophecies contained in the last three books within the book of mormon. Spencer author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. According to the book of mormon, moroni was the son of mormon, the prophet for whom the book of mormon is ostensibly named. My favorite is ammon because hes bold and hes a good example of a missionary. They said the characters have inspired them throughout their lives. Captain moroni and the title of liberty chapter 32.
Moroni shares a name with captain moroni, a much earlier book of mormon figure, of whom mormon wrote highly. In memory of our god, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children. And it came to pass that i did speak unto my people, and did urge them with great energy, that they would stand boldly before the lamanites and fight for their wives, and their. Made a title of liberty out of a piece of his coat, alma 46. Captain moronis famous epistleand the revelation behind. The last nephite prophet in the book of mormon about a. Moroni, the last of the nephite prophets religious. According to the book of mormon, captain moroni continued to push for liberty among his people.
He got up in front of his army before battle and gave them a good, stirring pep talk. The book of mormon tells that moroni served under his father, the commander in chief of 23 groups of about 10,000 nephites each, who battled against the lamanites. He was a strong and mighty man who loved the lord and loved his people. He is perhaps best known for raising the title of liberty as a call to arms for his people to defend their country, family and religion. It comes from the book of mormon, the churchs signature text the. Captain moroni s command dynamics of warfare in the book of mormon by david e. Dynamics of warfare in the book of mormon paperback april 14, 2015 by david e. Captain moroni raises the title of liberty book of.
How can you not admire this young, fearless leader, determined to preserve religious freedom and maintain liberty in the land. Why did moroni quote the patriarch jacob about a piece of josephs coat. Captain moroni is a wellknown and beloved book of mormon hero. It is certainly worth noting that mormon, who saw our day and wrote every page of the book of mormon for us, is clear that captain moroni is the one we should admire and, consequently, strive to emulate. Moroni, the last of the nephite prophets religious studies center. Moroni was appointed chief captain of all the nephite armies, alma 43. Zoram leads the nephite army to victory alma 16 the lamanites attack the people of ammon alma 2425 the battle of jershon alma 28 captain moroni defeats zerahemnah alma 4344 captain moroni prepares the nephites. Captain moroni and the title of liberty, book of mormon stories 1997, 8990 a wicked man named amalickiah wanted to be king over the nephites. See more ideas about lds art, book of mormon and lds scriptures. A great nephite military leader who served under captain moroni. Captain moroni was the chief commander of the nephite armies. Just before mormons death, he delivered a historical record called the plates of mormon to his. Book of mormonplagiarism accusationscomoros islands and. Captain moroni became the commander of the nephite army at the young age of 25.
Mormon was moronis father and was responsible for abridging the record of his people, which spanned a period of about years. Captain moronis command in book of mormon ldsbookstore. Whose emotions are not stirred reading the account of him renting his coat to raise the title of liberty. It will change the way you think about the book of mormon and its peoples. If book of mormon people were sorted into hogwarts houses. He is first mentioned in the book of alma as the chief captain over the nephites. Moroni, the person who deposited the plates, from whence the book of mormon was translated, in a hill in manchester, ontario county, new york, being dead, and raised again therefrom, appeared unto me, and told me where they were. Lds book of mormon hero poster 24x 36 matte finish print daughters in the wilderness poster 1 nephi 17. The hill where the last battle occurred was somewhere in mexico and moroni later traveled to new york to bury the plates in the hill cumorah. Moronimoroni delivering the book of mormon to joseph smith, lithograph, 1886. If amalickiah became king, he would try to destroy. It is not explicitly stated in the book of mormon whether this moroni is named after captain moroni and at least one alternate theory has. Byuhawaii students explained who their favorite characters from the book of mormon are. Another limited geography model, known as the heartland model, has the book of mormon taking place primarily in the eastern united states.
As battleworn and weary as he surely must have felt, we know he was a true believer in christ. As amalickiah and his army were preparing to destroy the nephites, captain moroni was preparing his people to defend themselves. He created the title of liberty, fortified the nephite cities, defeated the armies of zerahemna, stopped the treachery of the kingmen, rescued the nephite prisoners without bloodshed, and invented many new military strategies he led other great captains such as teancum, helaman and lehi with whom he had a dear friendship alma 53. Some have claimed that joseph smith, motivated by and fascinated by the stories of captain kidd, created the book of mormon names cumorah and moroni by cribbing them. Inspired the nephite soldiers to fight for their freedom, alma 43. The captain and the covenant religious studies center. Oxford university press, 2010, 176, 177, and kindle location 6815. Much of the book of mormon is a nephite record, so most of the prophets are nephites. This book was translated by joseph smith, through the power and.
According to joseph smith, the book of mormon was originally engraved on golden plates, which he received in 1827 from an angel named moroni, whom smith identified as a resurrected former inhabitant of the american continent. During april, i have studied the wars in the book of mormon. Mormon, the warriorhistorianprophet who wrote the majority of the narrative contained in the book of alma, had much to say about moroni, the young chief captain over the nephite armies. Moroni writes for the benefit of the lamanites the nephites who will not deny christ are put to death.