 In other words, he simply took the teachings of the Catholic Church seriously. And this is why he struggled. Now, first thing that I need to say, just sort of parenthetically, is that it's not so simple to make that case. After all, there were many, many, many Catholic saints who loved God. St. Thomas Aquinas loved God. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, you read his writings, it seems as though he can hardly talk about anything but the love of God.