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
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docetism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | heresy, theological doctrine, unorthodoxy |
Examples of docetism
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There is another primitive heresy called docetism which also denies the body of Christ.
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Docetism held that Jesus'humanity was merely an illusion, thus denying the incarnation.
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This interpretation, however, was not one that existed in the early church, which viewed such interpretations as docetism.
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He devised hymns laden with doctrinal details to inoculate right-thinking Christians against heresies such as docetism.
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Some see this as a direct attack by the author of John on docetism, and the gnosticism that used the synoptic accounts to advocate it.
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This is quite at odds with John's general emphasis elsewhere against docetism, and so those who regard John as deliberate polemic tend instead to see this verse as an attack on Mary.
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Finally, the Christology of Islam is closest to Nestorianism, sort of a strange combination of that and docetism, and Nestorianism is, of course, the polar opposite real, Eutychian monophysitism.
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- 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
- In Christian terminology, docetism (from the Greek u03B4u03BFu03BAu03B5u1FD6u03BD/u03B4u03CCu03BAu03B7u03C3u03B9u03C2 dokeu0129n (to seem) /du00F3ku0113sis (apparition, phantom), according to Norbert Brox, is defined narrowly as "the doctrine according to which the phenomenon of Christ, his historical and bodily existence, and thus above all the human form of Jesus, was altogether mere semblance without any true reality...
- An early Christological heresy, which treated Jesus Christ as a purely divine being who only had the "appearance" of being human.
- From the root word "image". This is a theological premise that states that Christ's actions on the earth (including the "passion") is illusory.
- Jesus only seemed to be human (from Greek, dokeo, to seem).
- Docetism was an error with several variations concerning the nature of Christ. Generally, it taught that Jesus only appeared to have a body, that he was not really incarnate, (Greek, "dokeo" = "to seem"). ...
- The view, branded as heresy by the later churches, that while Jesus was truly divine, he only appeared to be human. From the Greek dokein, to seem or appear. According to Eusebius the view originated with one Cerinthus, who he believes was an opponent of the apostle John at Ephesus.
- Early church belief that said Jesus was fully God but only appeared to be human. This belief led to a downplaying of the human aspects of Jesus and a focus upon those that point to his divinity. Condemned as a heresy by Ignatius of Antioch (35-107). (Dewmeister)
