Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The belief, especially associated with the Gnostics, that Jesus had no human body and only appeared to have died on the cross.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrinal system of the Docetæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Docetæ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In regard to the person of Jesus there was not only the danger of Docetism, that is, of neglecting the human; there was also the danger of stopping there, of only seeing the human in him and of not seeing the divine dimension of the Son of God.
Archive 2008-03-09 papabear 2008
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The heresy which the writer fears is that known as Docetism, which denied the reality of the body of Jesus.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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To claim otherwise is to be guilty of a heresy specifically Docetism.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Personally I can see how people could have fallen into Docetism, but Arianism is simply absurd.
Matthew Yglesias » The War on Christmas: The Early Years 2008
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To claim otherwise is to be guilty of a heresy specifically Docetism.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Docetism - the view that Jesus was a heavenly figure that could not suffer - was catching on in certain circles.
Mythicism: Microexistence vs. Macroexistence? James F. McGrath 2010
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Personally I can see how people could have fallen into Docetism, but Arianism is simply absurd.
Matthew Yglesias » The War on Christmas: The Early Years 2008
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To claim otherwise is to be guilty of a heresy specifically Docetism.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Dr. McGrath, I believe the mainstream scholarship position on Docetism is that they believed Jesus had the appearance of a man, but was not made of flesh and blood.
Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity James F. McGrath 2010
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Docetism in regard to scripture is as damaging to Xtn life and theology as it is in regard to the person of Jesus Christ.
There Is No Slippery Slope James F. McGrath 2010
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