Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Article Title
What’s in a Name? Mormon—Part 1
Keywords
Mormon, Mormons, name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Abstract
Despite sporadic attempts to sideline the name Mormon in favor of “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints,” it continues to be used as the most ubiquitous moniker for the Church. Members of the Church are known as “Mormons.” It appears in the title of the keystone publication of the Restoration, The Book of Mormon. Within the book bearing this name, Mormon is, firstof all, the name of the waters in the forest of Mormon (Mosiah 18:8; Alma 5:3) in the land of Mormon (Mosiah 18:30). Of course, Mormon is also the name of the military leader who abridged the Nephite records (Words of Mormon 1:1, 3; Mormon 1:1; 2:1).
Recommended Citation
Hoskisson, Paul Y.
(2012)
"What’s in a Name? Mormon—Part 1,"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 32:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol32/iss2/3