a mortal sin

基本解释

Is it a mortal sin not to participate in Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation?
主日和儅守的瞻禮，不望彌撒，有大罪沒有？
and who performed, in “The French Line” in 1954, a number so raunchy, in a swimsuit so minimal, that the Catholic Church proclaimed it was a mortal sin to watch her.
或者因爲她在1954年的《萬事如意》片中大量穿著窄小泳衣的過於不雅的鏡頭，以至於天主教會宣稱觀看她的人罪孽深重。
Hindering impediments are certain conditions fixed by the Church, which make marriage unlawful. If they are neglected, a mortal sin is committed, but the marriage is valid.
是聖教會定的不許婚配的幾樣條例，若不守，就犯大罪，但是婚配是有傚的。
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