“Mormon masterfully abridged the scriptural record about Moroni, … demonstrating to his anticipated readers that this was a man most needed not only for his day, but also for our own. … Captain Moroni endures as a model of courage and righteousness to many Latter-day Saints… .
“In Mormon’s view, Captain Moroni exemplified the model Nephite disciple of Christ … .
“Implicit in Mormon’s description of Moroni is the prophetic model of a man who understood the nature and value of covenant-making and keeping” (Valletta, “Captain and the Covenant,” 223–24).