Sacred theology is a term used in the Catholic Church to refer to theological studies: and the name given to the theological degrees offered in a number of theological colleges, including the Church's pontifical university system.
Degrees Degrees in sacred theology are offered at the following levels: Bachelor of Sacred Theology Master of Sacred Theology (also an honorary degree for established scholars among Dominicans) Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL), the Roman Catholic equivalent of a Master's degree Doctor of Sacred Theology
Lay students Catholic institutes of higher education which do not possess a teaching faculty of sacred theology are directed by the church to establish "an institute or chair of sacred theology" so as to deliver teaching "suited to lay students".Holy See, Declaration on Christian Education, Second Vatican Council, section 10, published on 28 October 1965, accessed on 31 March 2026
References
External links Pope John Paul II, Sapientia Christiana: on Ecclesiastical Universities and Facilities, published on 15 April 1979.