What do the Order members know about the prophecy?

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No: HPFGUIDX 101098

Out of all the blame discussion, there is one important detail that I 
still miss. What did the Order members (other than DD) know about the 
prophesy during OotP?

The possibilities that I see are:

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1. They knew that there is something important in the DoM that LV 
wants badly, but they weren't told what it is. They didn't know that 
Harry is the other person who can retrieve it for Voldy.

2. They knew it is an important prophecy, but they didn't know its 
content.

3. They knew only the first part of the prophecy. This means that 
they knew Harry is a key person for the future of the war, and not 
merely a kid who happened to have several clashes with Voldy in the 
past.

4. Like 3, but they also knew that Harry is the second person who can 
retrieve the prophecy.

5. They knew the whole prophecy and about Harry able to retrieve it.
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I talked about the Order members as a whole but it is of course 
possible that some of them were told or knew more than the others.

I find 5 very unlikely. It means that if any of the Order members 
would have been captured by Voldy, he could have used Legiliency or 
torture to make them tell him the prophecy. 1 and 2 seem less likely 
to me but certainly possible. The options that make the most tactical 
sense to me are 3 and 4. Voldy knew the first part of the prophecy 
anyway, so there was no reason not to tell about it to the Order 
members also, and an important reason to tell: they may protect Harry 
better if they know that he is a key figure for winning the war. 
Until after the DE's escape LV didn't know that only he and Harry can 
remove the prophecy, so it made sense not to tell that to the Order 
members either. Once Avery was replaced by Rockwood, LV did know 
about that, so it did make sense to tell the Order members also. DD 
most probably knew that Rockwood was unspeakable and that he'll tell 
LV about it.

Any canon supporting one of the options above?


Neri