Prophets of Christianity
In Christianity the figures widely recognised as prophets are those mentioned as such in the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is believed that prophets are chosen and called by God.
The main list below consists of only those individuals that have been clearly defined as prophets, either by explicit statement or strong contextual implication, (e.g. the purported authors of the books listed as the major prophets and minor prophets) along with the Biblical reference to their office.
In Roman Catholicism, prophets are recognised as having received either public or private revelation. Public revelation is part of the "deposit of faith", which refers to the entire revelation of Jesus Christ passed to successive generations in the forms of sacred scripture (the Bible) and sacred tradition.[1]
The secondary list consists of those individuals who are recorded as having had a visionary or prophetic experience, but without a history of any major or consistent prophetic calling. A final list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, but are presented as either misusing this gift or as fraudulent.
Main list by alphabetical order
A
B
D
E
G
H
- Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:1)
- Haggai (Haggai 1:1)
- Hanani (2 Chronicles 16:7)
- Hosea (Book of Hosea 1:1)
- Huldah (2 Kings 22:14)
I
- Iddo (2 Chronicles 13:22)
- Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2)
J
- Jacob (Genesis 28:11-16)
- Jehu (1 Kings 16:7)
- Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:2)
- Joel (Acts 2:16)
- John the Baptist (Luke 7:28)
- John of Patmos (Revelation 1:1)
- Jonah (2 Kings 14:25)
- Joshua (Joshua 1:1)
- Judas Barsabbas (Acts 3:15)
L
M
N
O
- Obadiah (Obadiah 1:1)
- Oded (2 Chronicles 28:9)
P
- Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26) Note: His four daughters also prophesied (Acts 21:8, 9)
- Paul the Apostle (Acts of the Apostles 9:20)
S
T
- Two Witnesses (Revelation 11:3)
U
Z
- Zechariah, son of Berechiah (Zechariah 1:1)
- Zechariah, son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20)
- Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)
Secondary list
- Eldad (Numbers 11:26)
- Eliezer (2 Chronicles 20:37)
- Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:41)
- Elihu (Job 32-35)
- Jahaziel (2 Chronicles 20:14)
- Joseph (Genesis 37:5 - 11)
- Joseph, fosterfather of Jesus (Matthew 1:20)
- Mary, mother of Jesus (Luke 1:26-28)
- Medad (Numbers 11:26)
- King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Daniel 2:1)
- Saul (1Samuel 10:10)
- Simeon of Jerusalem (Luke 2:25, 26)
- Solomon (1Kings 3:5)
- The seventy elders of Israel (Numbers 11:25)
- Zechariah, father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:67)
False prophets
- Ahab (Jeremiah 29:21)
- Antichrist (1 John 2:18-19)
- Azur (Jeremiah 28:1)
- Elymas (a.k.a. Bar-Jesus) (Acts 13:6-12)
- Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:5)
- Jezebel (Revelation 2:20) (not to be confused with the Jezebel of the Old Testament)
- The false prophet of the Book of Revelation (16:13, 19:20, 20:10)
- The false prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:13-40)
- Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14)
- Simon Magus (Acts 8:9–24)
- Zedekiah (Jeremiah 29:21)
See also
References
- ↑
G. H. Joyce (1913). "Revelation". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.