Prophets in Christianity

Prophets in Christianity are figures who are widely recognized as prophets who are mentioned in the Old Testament and New Testament of the ChristianBible. It is believed that prophets are chosen and called by the one God.

The first 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. The second 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. The third list consists of unnamed prophets. The fourth list contains the names of those described in the Bible as prophets, but who are presented as either misusing this gift or as fraudulent. The final list consists of post-biblical individuals regarded as prophets and of post-biblical individuals who are claimed to have had visionary or prophetic experience.

• Ananias of Damascus (Acts9:10–18)
• Eldad (Numbers11:26)
• Eliezer (2 Chronicles20:37)
• Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist (Luke1:41)
• Elihu (Job32–35)
• Jahaziel (2 Chronicles20:14)
• Joachim (Luke3:23)
• Joseph, fosterfather of Jesus (Matthew1:20)
• Mary, mother of Jesus (Luke1:26–28)
• Medad (Numbers11:26)
• King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Daniel2:1)
• Saul, the first king to unite Israel (1 Samuel10:10)
• Simeon of Jerusalem (Luke2:25, 26)
• Solomon (1 Kings3:5)
• Zechariah, father of John the Baptist (Luke1:67)

• Acab, hijo de Colaías ( Jeremías 29:21-23 )
• Anticristo ( 1 Juan 2:18–19 )
• Elimas (también conocido como Bar-Jesús) ( Hechos 13:6–12 )
• Hananías ( Jeremías 28:5 )
• Jezabel (Apocalipsis) ( Apocalipsis 2:20 ) (no confundir con la Jezabel del Antiguo Testamento)
• El falso profeta del Libro del Apocalipsis ( 16:13 , 19:20 , 20:10 )
• Los falsos profetas de Baal ( 1 Reyes 18:13–40 )
• Noadías ( Nehemías 6:14 )
• Semaías el nehelamita ( Jeremías 29:24 )
• Simón el Mago ( Hechos 8:9–24 )
• Sedequías, hijo de Maasías ( Jeremías 29:21 )
• Sedequías, hijo de Quenaaná ( 1 Reyes 22:24 )

Algunos cristianos consideran que las siguientes personas son profetas o que han tenido experiencias proféticas.

• Ammia de Filadelfia (activa entre finales del siglo I y principios del siglo II d. C.)
• Cuadrato de Atenas (siglo II, a veces considerado uno de los setenta apóstoles)
• Montano , Prisca y Maximilla (siglo II, fundadores del montanismo)
• Quintilla (siglo III, fundador de un movimiento derivado del montanismo)
• Iarlaithe mac Loga (siglo VI, fundador de la Escuela de Tuam )
• Merlín (siglo VI, probablemente inventado por Godofredo de Monmouth a partir de leyendas más antiguas, aparece por primera vez en las Prophetiae Merlini )
• Paladio de Embrun (siglo VI, obispo de Embrun )
• Columba (521-597, a quien se le atribuye la difusión del cristianismo en Escocia)
• San Malaquías (1094–1148, arzobispo de Armagh y autor de La profecía de los papas )
• Santiago Salomoni (1231–1314)
• Joan of Arc (1412–1431)
• Nostradamus (1503–1566)
• Justus Velsius (1510–1571, Dutch faith healer who debated against John Calvin)
• Eleanor Davies (poet) (1590–1652)
• Ann Bathurst (17th century, member of the Philadelphians)
• Martha Hatfield (17th century, Puritan)
• John Bull (prophet) and Richard Farnham (17th century, claimed to be the two witnesses of the Book of Revelation)
• Margareta i Kumla (17th century, claimed to have seen angels and demons fight over her soul)
• John Robins (prophet) (17th century, Ranter rescued from Roundhead recourse by recanting his revelations)
• Anne Wentworth (prophetess) (17th century, persecuted by Baptists)
• John Reeve (religious leader) (1608–1658, co-founder of Muggletonianism)
• Lodowicke Muggleton (1609–1698, co-founder of Muggletonianism)
• Mary Cary (prophetess) (1621–1653, supporter of the Fifth Monarchists)
• Eva Margareta Frölich (1650–1692) (Millennialist, pietist author and critic of the Church of Sweden)
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772, founder of Swedenborgianism)
• Joanna Southcott (1750–1814, author of prophecies kept in a box to be opened in times of national crisis, claimed judgement day would happen in 2004)
• Public Universal Friend (1752–1819, preacher who claims to have died and been reborn without gender)
• George Rapp (1757–1847, founder of the Harmony Society)
• John Ward (prophet) (1781–1837, claimed successor of Joanna Southcott)
• William Miller (preacher) (1782–1849, founder of Adventism)
• John Wroe (1782–1863, founder of the Christian Israelite Church)
• Bernhard Müller (1788–1834, founder of an offshoot from the Harmony Society, that would later start the Germantown Colony)
• Helena Ekblom (1790–1859, Swedish preacher who was put in an asylum for refusing to comply with the Church of Sweden's doctrines)
• Joseph Smith (1805–1844, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement)
• Hong Xiuquan (1814–1864, founder of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)
• John Bosco (1815–1888, founder of the Salesians of Don Bosco)
• Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910, fundadora de la Ciencia Cristiana)
• Ellen G. White (1827–1915, cofundadora de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día )
• John Alexander Dowie (1847–1907, fundador de la Iglesia Comunidad de Cristo )
• Nona L. Brooks (1861–1945, fundadora de la Iglesia de la Ciencia Divina )
• William Irvine (evangelista escocés) (1863-1947), cofundador del movimiento Two by Twos.
• Siener van Rensburg (1864-1926, asesor de Koos de la Rey , influyó en los suidlandeses )
• E. W. Kenyon ^{[ 1 ]} (1867–1948, posible línea de transmisión entre los movimientos del Nuevo Pensamiento y la Palabra de Fe )
• Helena Konttinen (1871-1916, una " predicadora durmiente " que inició un movimiento de avivamiento religioso)
• Félix Manalo (1886-1963, fundador de la Iglesia ni Cristo )
• Padre Pío (1887–1968, santo católico, supuestamente predijo el papado de Juan Pablo II )
• William M. Branham (1909–1965, influencia en el teleevangelismo)
• A. A. Allen ^{[ 2 ]} (1911–1970, evangelista pentecostal y sanador por la fe)
• Kenneth Hagin ^{[ 3 ]} (1917–2003, pionero del movimiento Palabra de Fe)
• Oral Roberts ^{[ 4 ]} (1918–2009, considerado el padrino del movimiento carismático, fundador de la Asociación Evangelística Oral Roberts y de la Universidad Oral Roberts )
• T. L. Osborn ^{[ 5 ]} (1923–2013, evangelista pentecostal y músico)
• Pat Robertson (1930–2023, presidente de la Christian Broadcasting Network , presentador de The 700 Club , conocido por sus declaraciones controvertidas )
• David Wilkerson (1931–2011, autor de La cruz y el puñal y fundador de Teen Challenge )
• Reverendo Ike ^{[ 6 ]} (1935–2009, conocido por su eslogan "¡No puedes perder con las cosas que yo uso!")
• Kenneth Copeland ^{[ 7 ]} (nacido en 1936, telepredicador conocido defensor de la teología de la prosperidad y por afirmar haber puesto fin a la pandemia de COVID-19 )
• Robert Tilton ^{[ 8 ]} (nacido en 1946, telepredicador conocido por sus infomerciales de teología de la prosperidad y sus prácticas cuestionables de recaudación de fondos).
• Roch Thériault (1947–2011, founder of a polygamous doomsday cult called the Ant Hill Kids)
• John Paul Jackson (1950–2015, author noted for dream interpretation)
• Benny Hinn (born 1952, televangelist noted for faith healing and prosperity theology)
• David Koresh (1959–1993, leader of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege)
• Creflo Dollar (born 1962, televangelist noted for prosperity theology)
• T. B. Joshua (1963–2021, televangelist and founder of Synagogue, Church of All Nations)
• Joshua Iginla (born 1969, televangelist, prosperity theology preacher, and megachurch pastor)
• Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin (born 1972, founder of the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, criticized for flamboyant ministry)
• Daniel Obinim (born 1977, minister noted for controversial actions and statements)

• Bible prophecy
• List of Book of Mormon prophets
• Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament
• Prophets in Judaism
• Prophets and messengers in Islam
• Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions