Prophet

In numerous religions, including Abrahamic religions, Jah religions, Sikhism, and many forms of Paganism, a prophet is an intermediary with a deity, particularly someone who claims to speak for the deity or interprets the deity's will or mind. A prophet usually operates through some means of divination, channeling, or extra-sensory perception, and the prophet's pronouncements in the name of a deity are sometimes called revelation. Some utterances foretelling the future may be interpreted as having been prophesies. Some "prophecies" seem to have been made after the event; these are given the technical name vaticinia ex eventu.

References

• {{Web reference | title=The Family | work=The Religious Movements Homepage Project @ The University of Virginia | URL=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Family.html | date=August 5 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title=Prophets | work=Mormon.org | URL=http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,805-1,00.html | date=August 5 | year=2005}}