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|H=Some Church sources give the identity of the angel that visited Joseph Smith in 1823 as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"
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|L1=Question: Did Joseph Smith originally identify the angel that visited him as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"?
|L2=Question: Which sources mention Nephi as the angelic visitor who told Joseph Smith about the gold plates?
|L3=Question: Are there sources which identify the angel that visited Joseph as "Moroni" that date prior to the "Nephi" error?
|L4=Question: Did the prophet Nephi visit Joseph at some point in time?
|L5=D. Todd Christofferson: "The June 1839 Manuscript History of the Church says it was Nephi who appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 rather than Moroni"
|L6=Improvement Era (1970): "This wording in the present Pearl of Great Price is modified from the first printing, in which the messenger was identified as 'Nephi'"
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{{epigraph|In the original publication of the history in the ''Times and Seasons'' at Nauvoo, this name appears as "Nephi," and the ''Millennial Star'' perpetuated the error in its republication of the History. That it is an error is evident, and it is so noted in the manuscripts to which access has been had in the preparation of this work.<br><br>''History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' 1:11–12, footnote 2.
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{{:Question: Did Joseph Smith originally identify the angel that visited him as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"?}}
{{:Question: Which sources mention Nephi as the angelic visitor who told Joseph Smith about the gold plates?}}
{{:Question: Are there sources which identify the angel that visited Joseph as "Moroni" that date prior to the "Nephi" error?}}
{{:Question: Did the prophet Nephi visit Joseph at some point in time?}}
{{:Source:Christofferson:The Prophet Joseph Smith:BYUI Devotional:2013:The June 1839 Manuscript History of the Church says it was Nephi who appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 rather than Moroni}}
{{:Source:Anderson:Confirming Records of Moroni's Coming:Improvement Era:73 9:This wording in the present Pearl of Great Price is modified from the first printing, in which the messenger was identified as "Nephi"}}

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