John the Baptist

[kimber1]

hey y'all. i've been pouring over the CCC this weekend and i have several questions. i'll just make a seperate post for each so as not to get confusing. and bear with me cause i'm still unsure how to reference it and all.

okay in the CCC at 523 it says "St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way.'Prophet of the Most High', John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last."

so does this mean that the Church's position on prophets is that with the death of John, thus results in the abscene of (or denial of) modern day prophets?

hope this makes sense..

 

[Skripper]

Kimber,

If I'm not mistaken, John is considered to be the last of the OT prophets, i.e., those before the New Covenant in Christ Jesus, and not a denial of any possible New Covenant prophets.

 

[Metanoia02]

kimber1,

John the Baptist was the last prophet BEFORE the coming of Christ. He was preceded by many prophets that told of His coming. John the Baptist was the last. This does not mean that he was the last ever, just the last one berfore Christ was born.

The office of prophet is clearly spoken of in the New Testement.