# Theology ## Catechism of the Catholic Church The study of God, based on divine revelation ([[1.2.1.1.p17#^ccc-236|236]], [[3.1.3.3.p74#^ccc-2033|2033]], [[3.1.3.3.p74#^ccc-2038|2038]]). ## Vatican II - theology (Scripture its soul) — "the study of the sacred page is, as it were, the soul of sacred theology" — [[dei-verbum#^dv-24|DV ¶24]] - theology (curriculum, magisterium-guided) — "should be so taught that the students will correctly draw out Catholic doctrine from divine revelation" — [[optatam-totius#^ot-16|OT ¶16]]