Elder
John A. Widtsoe of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
“A
seer is one who sees with spiritual eyes. He perceives the meaning of that
which seems obscure to others; therefore he is an interpreter and clarifier of
eternal truth. He foresees the future from the past and the present. … In
short, he is one who sees, who walks in the Lord’s light with open eyes. …
“… A
prophet is a teacher of known truth; a seer is a perceiver of hidden truth; a
revelator is a bearer of new truth” (Evidences and Reconciliations, arr. G. Homer Durham, 3 vols.
in 1 [1960], 258).
