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{{Short description|Angel in Latter Day Saint Theology who visited Joseph Smith}}
{{Original research|date=March 2024|reason=Significant proportion of citations, especially in first few sections, are to sources from the early nineteenth century written by people closely involved in the events (experiences the participants believed constituted encounters with an angel). These are primary sources, and the section extrapolates from those primary sources to posit original research about the sources and their meaning, e.&nbsp;g. the textual comparison of different versions of accounts cited to nothing but the accounts themselves rather than to textual scholarship of the accounts, etc. Summarizing secondary scholarship—summarizing the Moroni story, about the reception history of the Moroni figure, about analyzing depictions like statues, etc.—would improve the article.}}[[Image:MORONI2.JPG|thumb|[[Bern Switzerland Temple]] statue of Angel Moroni]]
{{Book of Mormon}}
The '''angel Moroni''' ({{IPAc-en|m|oʊ|ˈ|r|oʊ|n|aɪ}})<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Pronunciation Guide |title=Book of Mormon |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/pronunciation?lang=eng |access-date=April 1, 2013 }}</ref> is an [[angel]] whom [[Joseph Smith]], founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], reported as having visited him on numerous occasions, beginning on September 21, 1823. According to Smith, the angel Moroni was the guardian of the [[golden plates]] buried near his home in western New York, which Latter Day Saints believe were the source of the [[Book of Mormon]]. An important figure in the [[Latter-day Saint theology#Theology and doctrine|theology]] of the Latter Day Saint movement, Moroni is featured prominently in its architecture and art. Besides Smith, the [[Three Witnesses]] and several other witnesses also reported that they saw Moroni in visions in 1829.

Moroni is thought by Latter Day Saints to be the same person as a Book of Mormon prophet-warrior named [[Moroni (prophet)|Moroni]], who was the last to write in the golden plates. According to the Book of Mormon, the angel Moroni was a pre-Columbian warrior who buried the golden plates. After he died, he became an angel who was tasked with directing Smith to their location in the 1820s. According to Smith, he then returned the golden plates to Moroni after they were translated and, as of 1838, Moroni still had the plates in his possession.<ref name = returned>[[Joseph Smith–History]], [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.60?lang=eng 1:60], [[Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)|Pearl of Great Price]].</ref>

==Angel's name and identity==
Initially, when talking about his receipt of the golden plates, Smith referred only to "an angel" without identifying its name. Thus, in an 1831 letter from [[Lucy Mack Smith]] to her brother, she discusses Moroni as the person who buried the plates, but does not identify him as the unnamed "holy angel" that gave Smith the means to translate the [[golden plates]].<ref>{{Harv|Morgan|1986|p=349}}.</ref> In Smith's 1832 (second hand, but officially authorized) history, he said he was visited by "an [[angel of the Lord]]", who mentioned the Book of Mormon prophet "Moroni" as the last engraver of the golden plates; however, that account did not mention whether or not the angel was referring to ''himself'' as Moroni.<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1832|p=4}}.</ref>

Smith identified the angel ''as'' Moroni in 1835, while preparing the first edition of the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], in which he indicated a number of angels who would come to the earth after the [[Second Coming]] and drink [[sacramental wine]] with himself and [[Oliver Cowdery]].<ref name = 1835dc>{{Harv|Smith|Cowdery|Rigdon|Williams|1835|p=180}}.</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2024}} Among those angels, the revelation listed "Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the book of Mormon, containing the fulness of my everlasting gospel; to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of [[Ephraim]]".<ref name = 1835dc/> Around this time, Cowdery was writing a history of Smith in which he identified the angel as the [[Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)|prophet Moroni]] from the Book of Mormon.<ref>{{Harv|Cowdery|1835|p=112}}.</ref> In July 1838, Smith wrote an article for the church periodical ''[[Elders' Journal]]'', in the form of questions and answers, that stated the following:
<blockquote>Question 4th. How, and where did you obtain the book of Mormon?<p>Answer. Moroni, the person who deposited the plates, from whence the book of Mormon was translated, in a hill in Manchester, Ontario County, New York, as a resurrected being, appeared unto me, and told me where they were; and gave me directions how to obtain them.<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1838–1842|pp=42–43}}.</ref></p></blockquote>

However, on May 2, 1838, a few months before Smith's statement in ''Elders' Journal'', Smith began dictating a church history that included a more detailed account of his visits from the angel.<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1838a|p=7}}.</ref> In this text, Smith's scribe erroneously identified the angel as "[[Nephi, son of Lehi|Nephi]]", which is the name of the Book of Mormon's first narrator.<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1838a|p=5}}.</ref> Smith's 1838 identification as "Nephi" was left unchanged when the 1838 history was published in 1842 in ''[[Times and Seasons]]'', which Smith edited himself,<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1842d|p=753}}</ref> and in ''[[Millennial Star]]''.<ref>{{Harv|Pratt|Ward|1842|p=53}}.</ref> In the latter, an editorial referred to the 1823 vision and praised "the glorious ministry and message of the angel Nephi".<ref>{{Harv|Pratt|Ward|1842|p=71}}.</ref> In 1851, after Smith's death (1844), the identification as "Nephi" was repeated when [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) published its first edition of the [[Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)|Pearl of Great Price]].<ref>{{Harv|Richards|1851|p=41}}.</ref> It was also repeated in 1853 when Smith's mother [[Lucy Mack Smith]] published a history of her son.<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1853|p=79}}.</ref>

As a further complication, [[Mary Whitmer]], mother to one of the Three Witnesses and four of the [[Eight Witnesses]], said she had a vision of the golden plates, shown to her by an angel whom she always called "Brother Nephi",<ref>{{Harv|Whitmer|1888|p=621}}.</ref> but never clarified or indicated whether she believed this was the same angel that Smith and others later reported as Moroni.

Nevertheless, based on Smith's other statements that the angel was "Moroni", and based on both prior and later publications, most Latter Day Saints view Smith's 1838 identification of the angel as Nephi as a mistake on the part of the transcriber.<ref>See [[Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research|FAIR]] Wiki, [http://en.fairmormon.org/Nephi_or_Moroni "Nephi or Moroni"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807181949/http://en.fairmormon.org/Nephi_or_Moroni |date=August 7, 2008 }}.</ref> In the version of Smith's [[History of the Church (Joseph Smith)|1838 history]] published by the LDS Church, as well as [[Joseph Smith–History|the portion]] canonized by that denomination as the [[Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)|Pearl of Great Price]], the name "Nephi" has been changed by editors to read "Moroni".<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.33?lang=eng Joseph Smith–History 1:27] .</ref> The [[Community of Christ]] publishes the original story, including the identification of "Nephi", but indicates "Moroni" in a footnote.<ref>{{Citation |last=Harper |first=Steven C. |title=The Joseph (F.) Smith Story |date=2019-08-22 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199329472.003.0019 |work=First Vision |pages=127–140 |access-date=2023-11-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/oso/9780199329472.003.0019 |isbn=978-0-19-932947-2 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

=== Theorized origin of the name ===
Commenting on the name of the angel Moroni, [[Grant H. Palmer]] speculates that Smith had read of the city [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]] on the island [[Comoros]] from either a map or tales of Captain [[William Kidd]], popular at the time.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Palmer |first1=Grant H. |date=2014 |title=Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd, Cumorah, and Moroni |url=http://www.jwha.website/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Journal_14-1.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=John Whitmer Historical Association Journal |volume=34 |issue=1 |pages=50–57 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716234415/http://www.jwha.website/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Journal_14-1.pdf |archive-date=July 16, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref> According to Latter-day Saint scholar [[Hugh Nibley]], the use of "mor" in the Book of Mormon is an Egyptian word, and means "beloved, good, everything nice and desirable."<ref>See [[Hugh W. Nibley]], [http://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1137&index=15 Teachings of The Book of Mormon, Semester 3, Lecture 71] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311055148/http://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1137&index=15|date=March 11, 2016}}</ref>
==Description==
In one of Smith's histories, he described him as an "angel of light" who "had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whiteness beyond anything earthly I had ever seen .… His hands were naked and his arms also a little above the wrists .… Not only was his robe exceedingly white but his whole person was glorious beyond description".<ref>{{Harv|Smith|1838}}.</ref> According to Smith's sister [[Katharine Smith Salisbury|Katharine]], the angel "was dressed in white raiment, of whiteness beyond anything Joseph had ever seen in his life, and had a girdle about his waist. He saw his hands and wrists, and they were pure and white".<ref>{{Harv|Salisbury|1895|p=11}}.</ref>

==Appearances to Joseph Smith and others==
[[Image:Moroni3a07131u.jpg|thumb|upright|The angel Moroni directs Joseph Smith to the plates of the Book of Mormon.]]
Smith said that on the night of September 21, 1823, Moroni appeared to him and told him about the golden plates that were buried in a stone box a few miles from Smith's home. Smith said that the same angel visited him various times over the course of the next six years; Smith also said that the angel visited him to retrieve the golden plates after Smith had finished translating a portion of the writing on the plates<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/NY/wayn1830.htm#031931|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107181544/http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/NY/wayn1830.htm#031931|url-status=dead|title=Uncle Dale's Old Mormon Articles: Palmyra Area 1829-31|archivedate=November 7, 2013|website=www.sidneyrigdon.com}}</ref> into the Book of Mormon.<ref name = returned/>

In addition to Smith, several other early Mormons said they had visions where they saw the angel Moroni. [[Three Witnesses]] said they saw the angel in 1829: [[Oliver Cowdery]], [[David Whitmer]], and [[Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)|Martin Harris]]. Other early Mormons who may have said they saw Moroni include:
*[[Hyrum Smith]]<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news| last=Pettit |first=Tom |title = Moroni Appeared to 17 Different People! | work = Living Heritage Tours | url = http://www.livingheritagetours.com/moroni-appeared-to-17-different-people/ | access-date = April 24, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Luke Johnson (Mormon)|Luke S. Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web| title = The Angel Moroni| url = https://www.byui.edu/devotionals/elder-glen-l-rudd| website = BYU Idaho| date = March 11, 2003| access-date = March 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |pages=165–166}}</ref>
*[[Zera Pulsipher]],<ref>{{cite web| title = The Angel Moroni| url = https://www.byui.edu/devotionals/elder-glen-l-rudd| website = BYU Idaho| date = March 11, 2003| access-date = March 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |pages=167–168}}</ref> later disputed.<ref>{{cite web| title = Zerah Pulsipher and the Angel| url = https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2023/03/zerah-pulsipher-and-the-angel/| first = Chad| last = Nielsen| website = Times and Seasons| date = March 12, 2023| access-date = March 18, 2023}}</ref>
*[[W. W. Phelps (Mormon)|W. W. Phelps]];<ref>{{cite web| title = The Angel Moroni| url = https://www.byui.edu/devotionals/elder-glen-l-rudd| website = BYU Idaho| date = March 11, 2003| access-date = March 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |pages=168–169}}</ref>
*[[John P. Greene]] and his wife Rhoda<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Russell|first1=William D.|last2=Walker|first2=Ronald W.|date=1999|title=Wayward Saints: The Godbeites and Brigham Young|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/971442|journal=The Western Historical Quarterly|volume=30|issue=4|pages=524|doi=10.2307/971442|jstor=971442 |issn=0043-3810|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |page=170}}</ref>
*[[Oliver Granger]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |page=171}}</ref>
*[[Heber C. Kimball]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |pages=170–171}}</ref>
*[[Lucy Harris]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |pages=166–167}}</ref>
*Harrison Burgess<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=H. Donl |title=Moroni: Ancient Prophet, Modern Messenger |date=2000 |publisher=Deseret Book |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |isbn=1-57008-709-1 |page=170}}</ref>

[[Mary Whitmer]] may also have seen Moroni, although she referred to the angel she saw as "Brother Nephi".<ref name= "mary">{{cite web |url= https://interpreterfoundation.org/another-account-of-mary-whitmers-viewing-of-the-golden-plates/|title= Another Account of Mary Whitmer's Viewing of the Golden Plates|last= Skousen|first= Royal|date= 2014|website= www.interpreterfoundation.org|publisher= The Interpreter Foundation|access-date= September 16, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Ebert" />

==Mortal life of Moroni the prophet==
{{Main|Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)}}
According to the Book of Mormon, Moroni was the son of [[Mormon (prophet)|Mormon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/morm/6.6?lang=eng|title=Mormon 6|website=churchofjesuschrist.org|access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> the prophet for whom the Book of Mormon is named. Moroni may have been named after [[Captain Moroni]], an earlier Book of Mormon figure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/48.11-17?lang=eng|title=Alma 48|website=churchofjesuschrist.org|access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> Before Mormon's death in battle, he passed the golden plates to Moroni. Moroni then finished writing on the plates and concluded the record, presumably burying them in the hill [[Cumorah]] in western New York.<ref>{{Citation |last= Smith |first= Joseph Jr. |author-link= Joseph Smith |title= Editor's note |journal= Elders' Journal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |volume= 1 |issue= 3 |pages= 42–43 |date= July 1838 |url= http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs/eldjur03.htm |access-date= May 28, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070520045516/http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs/eldjur03.htm |archive-date= May 20, 2007 |url-status= live }}.</ref> He is the namesake of the [[Book of Moroni]] in the [[Book of Mormon]].

==Theological significance==
[[Image:USVA headstone emb-11.svg|thumb|150px|left|Angel Moroni [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for headstones and markers|USVA headstone symbol]]]]
Because of his instrumentality in the restoration of the gospel, Moroni is commonly identified by Latter Day Saints as the angel mentioned in {{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Revelation|chapter=14|verse=6}}, "having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."

{{anchor|as a symbol}}The image of the angel Moroni blowing a trumpet is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of the LDS Church. Moroni appears on the cover of some editions of the Book of Mormon. Statues of the angel stand atop many [[Temple (LDS Church)|LDS temples]], with most statues facing east.

In 2007, the LDS Church stated that an image of the angel Moroni in an advertisement violated one of the church's [[registered trademark]]s.<ref>Andrew Adams, [http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=1023445 "Angel Moroni at the Center of Controversial Ad Campaign"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925132413/http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=1023445 |date=September 25, 2010 }}, KSL Radio, March 23, 2007.</ref>

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==Sculptors==
The [[Nauvoo Temple]] was the first Latter Day Saint temple to be crowned with a figure of an angel. This angel, not officially identified as Moroni, was a metal weathervane with gold leaf on the trumpet. It was designed by [[William Weeks]] (architect of the Nauvoo temple) and installed in January 1846.<ref>{{citation |last1= Leonard |first1= Glen M. |year= 2002 |title= Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, A People of Promise |place= Salt Lake City |publisher= Deseret Book |page= 253 }}</ref> This figure was positioned in a flying horizontal position holding an open book in one hand and a trumpet in the other.

[[Cyrus Dallin]] sculpted the first angel which was identified as Moroni. This angel was placed on the [[Salt Lake Temple]] during the capstone ceremony on April 6, 1892, one year to the day before the temple was dedicated. Dallin's design is a dignified, neoclassical angel in robe and cap, standing upright with a trumpet in hand. It stands 3.8 meters high, was molded in hammered copper from the plaster original, and was covered with 22-karat gold leaf. On March 18, 2020, the trumpet held by the statue of Angel Moroni on the Salt Lake Temple fell to the ground as a result of a 5.7 magnitude earthquake.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Toone |first1=Trent |title=Utah earthquake causes Angel Moroni on Salt Lake Temple to lose his trumpet |url=https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/18/21185168/salt-lake-temple-angel-moroni-trumpet-lds-mormon-earthquake-utah |access-date=September 18, 2020 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> 

[[Torleif S. Knaphus]] fashioned a replica of the Dallin angel in the 1930s, but the casting of his angel wasn't placed on a temple until many years later. In 1983, castings of this angel were placed on the [[Idaho Falls Idaho Temple|Idaho Falls Temple]] (8th operating temple) and the [[Atlanta Georgia Temple|Atlanta Temple]] (21st operating temple).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hunter|first1=J. Michael|title=I Saw Another Angel Fly|journal=Ensign|date=January 2000|pages=32–33|url=http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1413/|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106075138/http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1413/|archive-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Millard F. Malin]]'s angel, which was placed on the [[Los Angeles California Temple|Los Angeles Temple]] in 1953, is known as the second Angel Moroni statue. His angel was cast in aluminum, stands 4.7 meters high, and weighs 953 kilograms. It has Native American features, wears a Mayan style cloak, and holds the gold plates in its left hand.<ref name=Hunter1>{{cite journal|last1=Hunter|first1=J. Michael|title=I Saw Another Angel Fly|journal=Ensign|date=January 2000|page=34|url=http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1413/|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106075138/http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1413/|archive-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Avard Fairbanks]] sculpted the third Angel Moroni statue, which was placed on the [[Washington D.C. Temple]], dedicated in 1974. This angel was created as a one-meter model which was sent to Italy where it was enlarged, cast in bronze, and gilded. The finished statue is 5.5 meters high and weighs over {{convert|4,000|lb|kg}}. The [[Seattle Washington Temple|Seattle Washington]], [[Jordan River Utah Temple|Jordan River Utah]], and [[México City México Temple|México City México]] temples each have a 4.6 meter casting of this statue.<ref name=Hunter1 />

Karl Quilter sculpted his first Angel Moroni in 1978. Two sizes were made, one three meters high, the other just over two meters. These statues were designed to reduce the cost and weight of the previous Angel Moroni statues, in order to become a standard part of the temple architecture. The Quilter angels are made of fiberglass and covered with gold leaf. In 1998, with the construction of many new smaller temples, Quilter was commissioned to create a new angel. This angel was similar in design to his previous angels, but he gave Moroni a slightly larger build, with his left hand opened and his body turned slightly to show more action. The [[Bern Switzerland Temple]]'s Angel Moroni is patterned after Quilter's 1998 design. Quilter's Angel Moroni is now on over one hundred temples around the world.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hunter|first1=J. Michael|title=I Saw Another Angel Fly|journal=Ensign|date=January 2000|page=36|url=http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1413/|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106075138/http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1413/|archive-date=January 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of angels in theology]]

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*{{citation |contribution-url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/3954 |contribution= Moroni, Angel |page= 953 |last= Romney |first= Joseph B. |editor-last= Ludlow |editor-first= Daniel H |editor-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |year= 1992 |title= [[Encyclopedia of Mormonism]] |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn= 0-02-879602-0 |oclc= 24502140 }}
*[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/scriptures/inm/moroni2?lang=eng References to Moroni<sup>2</sup>], Index, ''Book of Mormon'' (LDS edition)

==External links==
*{{Commonscatinline}}
*The text of {{Sourcetext|source=Book of Mormon|version=1981|book=Moroni}} at [[Wikisource]].

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