Docetism
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an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
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Roman Catholic Church. an ancient heresy asserting that Jesus lacked full humanity.
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There was danger that Christologic speculation might break quite loose from historic tradition, and pass into the metaphysical extreme of Docetism.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
Clement and Origen, at the head of the Alexandrian school, took a somewhat subtle view of the Incarnation, and Docetism pervades their controversies with the Monarchians.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
This marked type of Docetism, far from being a difficulty, is an indication of early date, since the tendency of Docetism was to mitigation, as time went on.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
The heresy combated by Ignatius is a type of Gnostic Judaism, the Gnostic element manifesting itself in a sharp form of Docetism.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
Docetism lays an exclusive emphasis on His real divinity, ebionitism on His real humanity.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
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