The Charism of Prophecy - Negligible Phenomenon or Essential Form of the Actualization of Revelation

Piotr Chlondowski

Abstract

The article discusses the issue of charism of prophecy in the Bible and in the live of the Church. At first, the author presents the theory of the cease of the prophecy. Secondly, he gives explains of the understanding of prophecy, oracle and ecstasy in antiquity and Bible. The final part of the article is devoted to the overview of these issues in the teachings of the selected Christianity first century authors, Thomas Aquinas and modern theologians.