Derivation
- Greek: prophetes, speaker for
Article
The Hebrew words for prophet and prophecy, nabi and hozeh, mean: the first “interpreter and mouthpiece of God”; the second, the vision or revelation interpreted. A prophet in the Old Testament was one who made known the will of God, not always by foretelling the future, but often by exposing and rebuking evil, by standing lor the law. Abraham, Moses, Samuel, Balaam, Elias, Eliseus, and Nathan are mentioned as prophets. The prophets whose writings form a book of the Old Testament are mentioned in the article on the Books of the Bible. We gather from the prophetic books that prophecy was a vocation; that it required supernatural knowledge, revelation of some truths or facts by God and inspiration to utter and impress these on men. The bulk of the prophecies of the Old Testament concerns the punishment of guilty nations, and the fulfilment of the ancient promises. This is to bring the new and final Covenant. Few will live to see or be worthy of it; from the remnant will arise the Messianic Kingdom, the nations united under the great king, the Son of David. The prophecies mentioned in the New Testament are those of Zachary, Saint Elizabeth, Simeon, Anna, Saint John the Baptist, and of Our Lord.
Profiled Saints with the Gift of Prophecy
- Amos the Prophet
- Blessed Adamnan of Coldingham
- Blessed Bernard Scammacca
- Blessed Catherine of Pallanza
- Blessed Christina Ciccarelli
- Blessed Christopher of Milan
- Blessed Columba of Rieti
- Blessed Dorothy of Montau
- Blessed Eusebia Palomino Yenes
- Blessed Flora of Beaulieu
- Blessed Gertrude van Oosten
- Blessed John of Penna
- Blessed Magdalen Albrizzi
- Blessed Michael Pini
- Elijah the Prophet
- Elisha the Prophet
- Esdras the Prophet
- Habakkuk the Prophet
- Haggai the Prophet
- Hosea the Prophet
- Isaiah the Prophet
- Jeremiah the Prophet
- King David
- Saint Agabus the Prophet
- Saint Andrew Corsini
- Saint Arsacius of Nicomedia
- Saint Boswell
- Saint Bridget of Sweden
- Saint Brithwald of Ramsbury
- Saint Camillus of Lellis
- Saint Constantius the Bishop
- Saint Crispin of Viterbo
- Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
- Saint Cyril of Constantinople
- Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
- Saint Elizabeth of Schönau
- Saint Emilina of Boulancourt
- Saint Ermin of Lobbes
- Saint Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi
- Saint Genevieve
- Saint Goar of Aquitaine
- Saint Godric of Finchale
- Saint Jarlath of Tuam
- Saint John Joseph of the Cross
- Saint Joseph Oriol
- Saint Lawrence Giustiniani
- Saint Lutgardis
- Saint Malachy O'More
- Saint Nicholas of Flüe
- Saint Peter Regalatus
- Saint Rose of Viterbo
- Saint Severinus of Noricum
MLA Citation
- “prophecy”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 November 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/prophecy/>