Aquinas's own interpreter Scotus argued that formal distinctions in God are required for coherent predication, meaning simplicity strict enough to dissolve Euthyphro is too strict for theology.

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Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
Coherent predication(what might be needed instead of complex a priori concepts): Making statements about things in a way that makes logical sense and doesn't contradict itself; saying things that fit together consistently.
Euthyphro (the Euthyphro problem)(as a philosophical problem that strict simplicity would supposedly eliminate): A famous puzzle from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato asking whether something is good because God commands it, or whether God commands it because it's good—which seems to create a logical trap either way.
Formal distinctions(as a metaphysical concept)

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