“The Prophet”

Alan C. Miner

McConkie and Millet assert that we properly make a distinction between "a prophet" and "the Prophet." In our day we testify of many who are prophets while normally reserving the phrase "the Prophet" for Joseph Smith, who stands at the head of our dispensation. Zenos was of such greatness that he is properly referred to as "the prophet" (1 Nephi 19:11-15). [Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1, p. 147]

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