In religion, a precursor, also known as forerunner, predecessor, harbinger or herald, is a holy person who announced the approaching appearance of a central figure of the religion or who identified a central figure of the religion during the latter's childhood.[1]
List of precursors
- Asita in Buddhism[2]
- John the Baptist in Christianity[3]
- Bahira or Sergius in Islam[4]
- Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)[5]
- Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view)[5]
- Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view)[6]
See also
References
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