In the
Middle Ages,
God’s personal name was rather widely known in
Europe. That name, represented by four
Hebrew letters called the Tetragrammaton and commonly transliterated YHWH (or
JHVH), appeared on coins, on facades of houses, in many books and
Bibles, and even in some Catholic and
Protestant churches. However, the trend in recent times is to eliminate the name of God from
Bible translations and from other uses. One indication of this is the Letter to the Bishops’ Conferences on ‘the Name of God,’ dated June 29, 2008. In it the
Roman Catholic Church advised that the Tetragrammaton in its various renderings should be replaced by “Lord” and that God’s personal name should not be used in hymns and prayers during Catholic religious services. And the leaders of other religions inside and outside of
Christendom have also hidden the identity of the true God from millions upon millions of worshippers. w11 1/15 1:6, 9
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