Concept

Elijah

Overview

Biblical prophet

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(60) Jeremiah is called, not the prophet of the Hebrew nation, but simply the prophet of the nations (see Jer. i.5). (61) He also mournfully foretells the calamities of the nations, and predicts their restoration, for he says (xlviii.
Benedictus de Spinoza, Theologico-Political Treatise — Part 1
States what Elijah is.
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He was the sole judge of the truth which the man of God uttered against the altar, and the process agreeable to equity. What is the story of Elijah and Ahab (1 Kings xviii.), but a confirmation of the right even of Ahab to be judge of prophecy? Elijah told Ahab, he had transgressed the commandment of God. So may any minister now tell his sovereign, so he do it with sincerity and discretion. Ahab told Elijah he…
Thomas Hobbes, The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 04
Names Elijah several times.
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It is most frequently used in the sense of speaking from God to the People. So Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others were Prophets. And in this sense the High Priest was a Prophet, for he only went into the Sanctum Sanctorum, to enquire of God; and was to declare his answer to the people.
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
Names Elijah.
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