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Moroni 7:37 · Mormon 9:20

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Book of Mormon Moroni 7:37
"it is by faith that miracles are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men; wherefore, if these things have ceased wo be unto the children of men, for it is because of unbelief"
Book of Mormon Mormon 9:20
"the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they should trust"

Miracles and the ministering of angels have not ceased, and cease only through unbelief -- stated by MORMON in the sermon (Moroni 7:37) and by MORONI in his coda to his father's book (Mormon 9:20). Mormon 8-9 is Moroni finishing the record ('I, Moroni, do finish the record of my father, Mormon', Mormon 8:1), so 7:37 is the father's word and 9:20 the son's. Both name UNBELIEF as the sole cause of miracles ceasing (7:37 'because of unbelief'; 9:20 'dwindle in unbelief'). The two ends share the doctrine and the keyword 'unbelief' but NO distinctive contiguous run spans both -- the only shared multi-word run is 'the children of men', which is ubiquitous corpus diction, not a coined link. Per register precedent (eth-faith-litany-fire: 'Paraphrase, not shared-phrasing… no shared contiguous run at the anchor'), a pair with no distinctive shared run is typed paraphrase. The rhetorical mirror -- Moroni 7:29 (Mormon) 'have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister' vs Mormon 9:15 (Moroni) 'God has not ceased to be a God of miracles' -- corroborates the shared argument. The same doctrine recurs a third time in Moroni's own voice at Moroni 10:19, 24 (gifts 'never will be done away… only according to the unbelief'), hosted on unchangeable-god.md, cross-linked. Both quotes are single-verse contiguous and verbatim.