Both Uses of
undermine
in
The Da Vinci Code
- A child of Jesus would undermine the critical notion of Christ's divinity and therefore the Christian Church, which declared itself the sole vessel through which humanity could access the divine and gain entrance to the kingdom of heaven.†
Chpt 59-60 *
- It left the Church out of the loop, undermining their self-proclaimed status as the sole conduit to God.†
Chpt 73-74
Definition:
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(undermine) weaken gradually