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
Names and titles of God in the New Testament Furuli both have suggested that the tetragrammaton may have been removed from the Greek manuscripts. In the book "Archaeology and the New Testament", John McRay wrote that the New Testament autographs "may have preserved the Jewish custom and retained the divine name in Aramaic script in quotations from the Old Testament." Robert Baker Girdlestone stated in 1871 that if the Septuagint had used "one Greek word for Jehovah and another for Adonai, such usage would doubtless have been retained in the discourses and arguments of the N.T. Thus our Lord in quoting the 110th Psalm, ... might have said 'Jehovah