Prophets were Called: Seers

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1 Samuel 9:9
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
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Whether Prophecy Pertains to Knowledge?
... first and chiefly consists in knowledge, because, to wit, prophets know things ... vii,
8), "in the Old Testament, they were called Seers, because they saw what ...
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Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn i. This is the Day that Gladdened Them ...
... born the Child, and His name was called Wonder ... Shamed is that people which holds
the prophets as true ... fulfilled the true seers' words, which were accomplished in ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymns on the nativity hymn.htm

Letter Liii. To Paulinus.
... For this reason too the prophets were called seers, [1432] because they saw
Him whom others did not see. Abraham saw His day and was glad. ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter liii to paulinus.htm

The Place of the Old Testament in Divine Revelation
... ancient Israel so that they became seers and prophets ... as the greatest of the later
prophets declares (Isaiah ... favors, but rather that they were called to service ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/iv the place of the.htm

A Look into the Hebrew Bible.
... Sometimes, possibly, they called it The Psalms, because the book of ... writings of various
sorts, composed by prophets and seers ... Why were they suffered to perish? ...
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Psalm LXXXIX.
... Thou didst reveal this to Thy Prophets. For this reason Thou spakest in vision,
that is, in revelation: whence Prophets were called seers. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxxix.htm

Hiram, the Inspired Artificer
... great religious truths and realities, God inspired prophets and seers, but the ... poets,
painters, litterateurs, artists, and artificers were called for, by ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/hiram the inspired artificer.htm

Formation and History of the Hebrew Canon.
... Manasseh in part, "the sayings of the seers," or, as ... apparently, most of those whom
God called to be ... days of Samuel and onward the prophets were recognized as ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xv formation and history.htm

Treatise on Christ and Antichrist.
... Wherefore prophets were with good reason called from the very first "seers." [1406]
And hence we, too, who are rightly instructed in what was declared ...
/.../treatise on christ and antichrist.htm

Book iv. --Of Marcion's Antitheses.
... Traditionally has interpreted. The inner temple of the people called. ... Which, we are
taught, were after done. ... Thus therefore Law and wondrous prophets sang; ...
/.../book iv of marcions antitheses.htm