“Epistles are thought of today, often facetiously, as long letters, but in the Book of Mormon, as in the New Testament, the word epistle designates simply a letter or message. There are eight epistles written in the first person in the Book of Mormon” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 247). This particular epistle from Helaman to Moroni extends from Alma 56:2 to Alma 58:41.