Without Disclosing My True Identity
19 Behold, I say unto you, that ye would not understand the words that I
would speak, and likewise, I would not understand the words that ye would
speak. And if I pronounce the name of the Lord in a different manner, or if I
call him by a different name than you, what think ye then about the name of
Jesus Christ?
20 And if my Lord and my God is called Cummenkinin, and it is this being
whom I worship and obey, what say ye of my righteousness then? And if it
so be that Cummenkinin hath established a church among my people, which
is established according to our traditions and our culture, which of a surety is
different than your own, is it then a sin to worship our God in this manner,
who is not called Jesus Christ by us, but who is the same God whom ye
worship according to your traditions?
21 And if our prophets, whom we call Serihlibiem, teach us the law of
Cummenkinin, and teach us that we should love our enemies and do good to
them that hate us and persecute us, and if we live our lives in harmony with
the spirit of Cummenkinin, as we are taught by our Serihlibiem, are we to be
condemned for not taking upon us the name of Jesus Christ only because we
do not understand this name, and it cannot be understood by us according to
our language and our culture?
22 Behold, I say unto you, that when the Lord shall visit these people, who
are some of the other sheep that have not heard his voice, he shall allow them
to call him Cummenkinin, or by whatever name they have been taught to
worship by their Serihlibiem.
23 And this doth not take away the efficacy of the holy name of Christ, by
which all men shall be saved. For I have written upon this record the meaning
of the symbolism of which a name is given. And again, I say unto you, that all
names are symbolic of the works that are associated with that name.
24 And is it not by the works of Christ, or Cummenkinin, or by whatever
name he might be called, that we are saved? I say unto you, that it is by the
works, which the name of Christ doth symbolize, by which we are saved.
Behold, we are not saved by his name, but by that which he hath
accomplished for us.
25 Therefore, it mattereth not unto the Father by what name we call Him
or those whom He hath commissioned to serve us and bring us back to
His kingdom.
26 And if there are churches and religions that are named according to the
customs and traditions of the different peoples of the world; and if these have
their own written word, which is their holy scripture, then what difference
would they have in the eyes of the Lord, if it so be that they teach his gospel?
27 I say unto you, that there is no difference. And if these teach the words of
the gospel of Christ, then they are accepted by him.^30A Mystery Revealed to Explain the Origins of the Names
About a century after Moroni hid the record in the Hill Cumorah (circa 500 A.D.), a
group of Lamanites traveled to the east coast of the North American continent fleeing from
the violent wars that plagued them. They built ships and sailed into the Atlantic Ocean not