what and who are professional prophets??!!

[sushi_chef]

"Prophetic Gilds.
But there was a new development of the highest significance in the time of Samuel. There were bands, or, more properly, gilds of "prophets" (doubtless in large part promoted by him), and these must be considered as the prototypes of the professional prophets found all through the later history. They seem to have been most active at times of great national or religious peril. Thus, after the critical age of the Philistine oppression, they are most prominent in the days of the Phenician Ba'al-worship, the era of Elijah and Elisha. They are not merely seers and diviners, but ministers and companions of leading reformers and national deliverers. That they degenerated in time into mere professionals was inevitable, because it is of the very nature of true prophetism to be spontaneous and, so to speak, non-institutional; but their great service in their day is undeniable. The viewis probably right which traces their origin to the necessity felt for some organized cooperation in behalf of the exclusive worship of Yhwh and the triumph of His cause.
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http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/artic ... d-prophecy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

". …prophets were often professionals who performed a variety of functions in ancient Israel for pay (e.g., locating lost objects, cursing enemies, etc.). Additionally, prophets were frequently found in conventicles or bands lead by a head master (cf. the Elijah and Elisha stories, as well as the Samuel narratives). These groups are commonly referred to as the “sons of the prophets,” and the leader is their “father.” Amos’ response to Amaziah notes, in contrast, that he has gainful employment as a “herdsman” and “a dresser of sycomore trees” (NRSV). Moreover, he implies that he does not function as a prophet on account of membership in a prophetic guild, but declares that he received his message directly from YHWH who called him to prophesy.
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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithpromo ... testament/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

are lds church authorities the professional prophets to f-lds, r-lds members??
likewise those leaders in flds, rlds are the professional ones to lds??

future antichrist also professional??

propfessional prophets http://search.yahoo.co.jp/search?ei=UTF ... 20prophets" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
:-B