I am wondering why is seems to be common among many older American Presbyterian systematic theologies to omit any dedicated discussion on ecclesiology. Many people pick on Charles Hodge for it, but he is not the only one that does it. Archibald Alexander omits it from his Brief Compendium of Bible Truth. R. L. Dabney omits it from his Systematic Theology. So does A. A. Hodge from his Outlines of Theology. Even W. G. T. Shedd's Dogmatic Theology omits any dedicated section on it.
Why is this? Is it because of the Shorter Catechism's omission of any questions related to the Church (dealt with in the Larger Catechism)? It's just something I've come to notice more and more.
Why is this? Is it because of the Shorter Catechism's omission of any questions related to the Church (dealt with in the Larger Catechism)? It's just something I've come to notice more and more.