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{{Short description|Place in the Book of Mormon}}{{Infobox fictional location
| name = Waters of Mormon
| first = {{sourcetext|source=Book_of_Mormon_(1981)|book=Mosiah|chapter=18}}
| image = Alma at the Waters of Mormon.png
| caption = ''Alma at the Waters of Mormon'' ({{circa|1924}})
| last = {{sourcetext|source=Book_of_Mormon_(1981)|book=Alma|chapter=5}}
| type = Body of water
| located_in = Land of Lehi-Nephi
| noinfo = yes
| blank_label = Significance
| blank_data = Site of baptisms
}}

In the [[Book of Mormon]], the '''waters of Mormon''' is a body of water where about two hundred [[Nephite]]s are baptized.

==Summary==
{{Places in the Book of Mormon}}
In {{sourcetext|source=Book_of_Mormon_(1981)|book=Mosiah|chapter=18}}, Nephites living in [[King Noah]]'s territory who want to listen to [[Alma the Elder|Alma]]'s secret preaching gather to a place called the waters of Mormon.<ref name="Thomas">{{Harvtxt|Thomas|2016|pp=79–80}}.</ref> In the process of this preaching, Alma proceeds to invite the listeners to be baptized.<ref name="dialogue">{{cite journal |last1=Bolton |first1=Andrew |title=Anabaptism, the Book of Mormon, and the Peace Church Option |journal=Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought |date=2004 |volume=37 |issue=1 |page=83 |doi=10.2307/45227045 |jstor=45227045 |url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/anabaptism-the-book-of-mormon-and-the-peace-church-option/ |access-date=23 April 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Two hundred and four people are baptized, and Alma establishes a church.<ref name="Thomas"/>

Later in the Book of Mormon, {{sourcetext|source=Book_of_Mormon_(1981)|book=Mosiah|chapter=5}}, Alma's son, also named [[Alma the Younger|Alma]], gives a sermon in which he recapitulates the history of the Nephite church and tells his audience the baptisms in the waters of Mormon.<ref>{{Harvtxt|Thomas|2016|p=90}}.</ref>

== References ==
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== Sources ==
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