Before And After John

Omnis lex et prophetae usque ad Joannem... Non quia futuri non erant post Joannem, fuerunt enim et Agabus et Silas et multi: sed quia prophetia de Christo non erat ventura post eum. Ergo post Joannem prophetia quidem de Christo futuro cessavit, prophetae autem et fuerunt et sunt: sed non qui prophetarent de Christo, sed qui interpretarentur eam, quae de Chrstio ab antiquis fuerunt prophetata: id est, doctores Ecclesiarum. Sed et omnes Christiani prophetae dicuntur, qui in regnum et in sacerdotium et in prophetiae unguntur. Nec enim potest quis propheticos interpretari sensus, nisi habeat spiritum prophetiae. Haec autem diximus, ut ostendamus, quis prophetae, de quibus loquitur Christus, doctores dicuntur. Sciens ergo Dominus futuros esse falsos doctores haeresum diversarum, contra veros doctores, qui Scripturas propheticas et apostolicas perversa interpretatione confunderunt, ideo per apostolos suos omnium Ecclesiarum doctores admonet dicens: Attendite vobis a falsis prophetis. Et ne forte aliquis haereticus doctor, quia non dixit non falsos prophetas, sed gentilium et Judaeorum doctores: ideo addidit dicens: Qui veniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium. Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum, Homilia XIX Source: Migne PG 56.738

The Law And The Prophets were until John... 1 Not that there would be no more prophets after John, for there were Agabus and Silas and many others, but because there were no prophecies of Christ to come after him. Therefore after John prophecy concerning the future Christ ceased, yet there shall be prophets and there are, but not those who make prophecies concerning Christ, but they interpret them, those things which were prophesied of Christ from of old, that is, they are the teachers of the Church. But here even all the Christian prophets are spoken of, who are anointed in the kingdom and priesthood and in prophecy. For it is not possible to understand the prophetic sense unless a man has the prophetic spirit. And we have said these things, that we might show who the prophets are concerning whom Christ speaks, they who are called teachers. The Lord knowing, then, that there would be false teachers of different heresies in the future, opposed to the true teachers, they who would with perverse interpretations confound the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures, therefore through His own Apostles He warns all the teachers of the Church, saying: 'Keep yourselves from false prophets.' 2 And lest perhaps some heretical teacher claim he spoke not of false prophets, but of Gentile and Jewish teachers, so He adds: 'They who come to you in sheep's clothing.' 2 Opus Imperfectum on Matthew, from Homily 19 1 Mt 11.13 2 Mt 7.15