I Seek Not for Power
Book of Mormon Notes - Tuesday, November 14, 2023, Alma 60
Mormon moves again from abridgment to direct quotation to include Moroni’s complete letter to Paharon. This is too great a letter to abridge. But knowing how precious the space on the plates was, Mormon could have chosen to abridge or to summarize this letter. Why did he insert Moroni’s letter, word for word?
The large plates of Nephi, we recall, contain…
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