Definition of a Seer

Daniel H. Ludlow

The word seer literally means one who sees: a see-er. Ammon says a seer is a person who has the right to use the "interpreters" or the Urim and Thummin. (Mosiah 8:13-17; see also Mosiah 28:10-16.) He states further: "a seer is a revelator and a prophet also; and a gift which is greater can no man have." (Mosiah 8:16.) Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regularly sustain the members of the First Presidency, the Council of the Twelve Apostles, and the Patriarch to the Church as "Prophets, Seers, and Revelators."

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