Mormon (prophet, according to the text)

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Mormon is a prophetic figure in Latter-day Saint scripture portrayed as an ancient American historian and spiritual leader who abridged and preserved sacred records.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nephite ⓘ
ancient American historian ⓘ
figure in Latter-day Saint scripture ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
record keeper ⓘ
activity abridging earlier Nephite records ⓘ
leading Nephite armies in battle ⓘ
preaching repentance to his people ⓘ
preserving sacred records on metal plates ⓘ
associatedWithText Book of Mormon (book within the larger work) ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon

Mormon 1–7 (chapters bearing his name) ⓘ
Words of Mormon ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon
believedIn Jesus Christ (as portrayed in Latter-day Saint scripture) ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ
calledToLeadAtAge about 15 years old (as portrayed in the Book of Mormon) ⓘ
child Moroni ⓘ
linked to: Moroni Swain
compiledForAudience Gentiles (as addressed in the Book of Mormon) ⓘ
future generations ⓘ
remnant of the house of Israel ⓘ
describedAs sober child and quick to observe (in Latter-day Saint scripture) ⓘ
entrustedWith Jaredite record later abridged as the Book of Ether ⓘ
plates containing Nephite records ⓘ
ethnicityInText Nephite ⓘ
linked to: Nephites
finalBattleLocationInText Hill Cumorah (as described in the Book of Mormon) ⓘ
linked to: Hill Cumorah
geographicContextInText ancient Americas ⓘ
namedAfter land of Mormon (according to some Latter-day Saint interpretations) ⓘ
notableWork abridgment of Jaredite record (Book of Ether source) ⓘ
abridgment of Nephite records ⓘ
parentOf Moroni ⓘ
portrayedIn Book of Mormon ⓘ
religiousOffice high military commander ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
record keeper of the Nephites ⓘ
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ
roleInText abridger of sacred records ⓘ
compiler of the Book of Mormon plates ⓘ
historian of his people ⓘ
military commander of the Nephite armies ⓘ
spiritual leader ⓘ
sourceOfName title of the Book of Mormon ⓘ
textualFunction editor linking different records into one volume ⓘ
narrator for large portions of the Book of Mormon ⓘ
theologicalRole moral commentator on Nephite decline ⓘ
witness of Jesus Christ ⓘ
timePeriodInText approximately 4th century AD (Book of Mormon chronology) ⓘ
veneratedBy members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
other Latter-day Saint denominations ⓘ
worldview Christian (as portrayed in Latter-day Saint scripture) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Mormon → compiler → Mormon (prophet, according to the text) ⓘ
Mosiah → attributedCompiler → Mormon (according to the Book of Mormon narrative) ⓘ
linked to: Mormon (prophet, according to the text)