Theologians are to aim at unfolding the mystery of God as this mystery presents itself to the human mind through revelation. Trying to think about God publicly is bound to raise the interests of other theologians and the faithful in general.
Theologians try to express what they have learned as the fruit of study and prayer.
They then listen again to the responses given to those ideas by colleagues and other believers. In light of those responses, theologians will gauge the accuracy of their writing and preaching, ever open to refining and, if need be, also ready to stand firm. All of this thinking and writing and dialogue is accomplished within the context of faith, a faith that comes through the church. This thinking about God that theologians do is ultimately a vocation at the service of the church. Purely academic theology, if there is such a thing, would soon whither as it is cut off from the life-giving sources of the church's worship, devotions, the lives of the saints, and the governance of the magisterium.