Though I don’t have the formal education on this, like some do, to point to primary sources, but Medieval thought in general held sin, especially blasphemy, to cause actual harm in the physical world. This puts a different spin on witch trials and inquisitions, since committing blasphemy could be considered no different than assault. One is reminded of the recognition of triggers as potentially harmful. Though, triggers deviate from blasphemy in that triggers are psychological, and triggering isn’t widely addressed in public policy…at least, not yet.
As with anything that’s post-Freud or enjoys vague falsifiability, when you base a phenomenon on the psyche you can essentially come up with any epistemic framework you’d like and claim an act—or words and attitudes—are not a matter of misinterpretation but an act of aggression.