capital sin
Example Sentences
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In its capricious flows and floods, the river sometimes wandered far from anything like a deep-cut bed, and — its capital sin — chewed up valuable property and land.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023
"Why," he asked in one sermon, "should we attribute to God the capital sin of Anger?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Therefore it seems that either Gregory or Isidore has wrongly assigned sloth as a capital sin together with its daughters.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Objection 1: It would seem that hatred is a capital sin.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Wherefore it does not follow that the capital sin which has the most desirable end surpasses the others in gravity.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
