Question 173 — The Manner of Prophetic Knowledge

We must now consider the manner in which prophetic knowledge is conveyed, and under this head there are four points of inquiry:

(1) Whether the prophets see God’s very essence?

• (2) Whether the prophetic revelation is effected by the infusion of certain species, or by the infusion of Divine light alone?
• (3) Whether prophetic revelation is always accompanied by abstraction from the senses?
• (4) Whether prophecy is always accompanied by knowledge of the things prophesied?