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:''This article is about the Book of Mormon prophet and angel. For other people and things with the same name, see [[Moroni]]''

'''Moroni''', according to the [[Book of Mormon]], was the last [[Nephite]] [[prophet]] and military commander and lived in [[America]] in the late [[4th century|fourth]] and early [[5th century|fifth]] centuries. [[Latter-day Saint theology]] holds that after his death Moroni was [[resurrection|resurrected]] and became an [[angel]]. Beside In addition to the Book of Mormon account and the assertions of, [[Joseph Smith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]], and the [[Three Witnesses]] also testified they also saw the angel Moroni in the form of an angel.

==Mortal life==

Moroni was the son of [[Mormon (prophet)|Mormon]], the prophet for whom the [[Book of Mormon]] is named. He was named after (and should not be confused with) [[Captain Moroni]], a much earlier Book of Mormon figure.

Moroni served under his father, who was commander in chief, in the final war between the [[Nephites]] and the [[Lamanites]], leading a group of 10,000 soldiers. Upon the Nephites' defeat, Moroni was forced to go into hiding and to wander from place to place to avoid being killed by the victorious Lamanites.

Moroni had been commanded by his father to complete the Nephite record which Mormon had written. Moroni wrote chapters 8 and 9 of the [[Book of Mormon (Mormon's record)|Book of Mormon]] (Mormon's record within the larger Book of Mormon), the entire [[Book of Moroni]], and the [http://scriptures.lds.org/bm/ttlpg title page] of the Book of Mormon. He also wrote the [[Book of Ether]], which is primarily an abridgment of [[Jaredite]] writings but also contains extensive commentary by Moroni, especially in chapters 4, 5, 8, and 12.