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• prophecy — n. 1) to make a prophecy 2) a gloomy; self fulfilling prophecy 3) a prophecy conies true; turns out to be true 4) a prophecy about * * * [ prɒfɪsɪ] self fulfilling prophecy turns out to be true a gloomy a prophecy about a prophecy comes true to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess — • Discusses prophecy and prophets in the Old and New Testaments Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess     Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Prophecy — • Says that in the strict sense, prophecy is the revelation of future events, but points out that in Scripture, prophecy may also be related to the gift of knowledge and sometimes is used to refer to divine inspiration concerning any secret… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Prophecy — Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means. [ [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/prophecy/ Prophecy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)] ] In religion, this is thought to… …   Wikipedia

• Prophecy of Seventy Weeks — The Prophecy of Seventy Septets (or literally seventy times seven ) appears in the angel Gabriel s reply to Daniel, beginning with verse 22 and ending with verse 27 in the ninth chapter of the Book of Daniel,[1] a work included in both the Jewish …   Wikipedia

• Prophecy (film) — Infobox Film caption = Promotional poster for Prophecy name = Prophecy director = John Frankenheimer producer = Robert L. Rosen writer = David Seltzer starring = Robert Foxworth Talia Shire Armand Assante music = Leonard Rosenman cinematography …   Wikipedia

• prophecy — /prof euh see/, n., pl. prophecies. 1. the foretelling or prediction of what is to come. 2. something that is declared by a prophet, esp. a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, or exhortation. 3. a divinely inspired utterance or revelation …   Universalium

• Prophecy of the Popes — Papal Emblem The Prophecy of the Popes, attributed to Saint Malachy, is a list of 112 short phrases in Latin. They purport to describe each of the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few anti popes), beginning with Pope Celestine II (elected in… …   Wikipedia

• Prophecy in the Seventh-day Adventist Church — Part of a series on Seventh day Adventism Background …   Wikipedia

• prophecy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ self fulfilling ▪ low expectations that become a self fulfilling prophecy ▪ Biblical, Messianic, Old Testament ▪ ancient …   Collocations dictionary

• prophecy — (nubuwwa)    The Qur’an is full of stories of prophets, and Muhammad is the last prophet, so the notion of prophecy is not surprisingly much discussed in Islamic philosophy. The criteria of prophecy are more an issue for theology, but the nature… …   Islamic philosophy dictionary