The New Church (Swedenborgian) among the books of the New Testament includes only the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) and the Book of Revelation. Only these books contain an internal symbolism in a series, and are thus divinely inspired. Although this leaves out the Book of Acts and the letters of the apostles, the New Church holds them in esteem similar to that of the Jews for the Writings of the Old Testament. Swedenborg stated that these books were included as an act of divine providence, as books explaining Christian doctrine were needed for the general public. Paul's letters, although not containing a
John Lightfoot of Claudius)" was published later that year. In 1647 came "The Harmony, Chronicle, and Order of the Old Testament", followed in 1655 by "The Harmony, Chronicle, and Order of the New Testament", inscribed to Cromwell. He helped Brian Walton with the "Polyglot Bible" (1657). His own best-known work was the "Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae", in which the volume relating to the Gospel of Matthew appeared in 1658, that relating to the Gospel of Mark in 1663, and those relating to 1 Corinthians, John and Luke, in 1664, 1671 and 1674 respectively. The "Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae impensae in Acta Apostolorum