Although canonical jurisprudential theory generally follows the principles of Aristotelian-Thomistic legal philosophy,[REF] Thomas Aquinas never explicitly discusses the place of canon law in his Treatise on Law[REF] However, Aquinas himself was influenced by canon law [REF].
In the decades following the Second Vatican Council, many canonists called for a more theological, rather than philosophical, conception of canon law,[REF] acknowledging the "triple relationship between theology, philosophy, and canon law" [REF].