Docetae

American  

[doh-see-tee] / doʊˈsi ti /

plural noun

1. early Christian adherents of Docetism.

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Etymology

Origin of Docetae

1810–20; < Late Greek dokētaí, plural of dokētḗs one who professes the heresy of appearance, equivalent to Greek dokē- (variant stem of dokeîn to seem, appear; dogma ) + -tēs agent noun suffix

Example Sentences

There is not here, however, any declaration of a double Christ, or any denial of the reality of the Christ's body, such as characterised the later Docetae; indeed, the fact that the dead body is still always spoken of as that of “the Lord” seems distinctly to exclude this, as does the whole subsequent narrative.

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The more thoroughgoing Docetae assumed the position that Christ was born without any participation of matter; and that all the acts and sufferings of his human life, including the crucifixion, were only apparent.

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The other, or milder school of Docetae, attributed to Christ an ethereal and heavenly instead of a truly human body.

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The Docetae, and other variations of Gnosticism.

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Deacons, their work, 18 Decretals, The false Papal, 103 Denial of Cup to Laity, 119 Denmark, Church of, 133 Development, Intellectual, in the Church, 72 Diocesan system, its late development in Ireland, 75 Dioclesian, his false boasting, 62 Discipline, its strictness increased by persecution, 64 ——— relaxed, 68 Division between East and West, 95 Docetae, Heresy of the, 50 Domitian's persecution, 49, 59 Eastern Church, 83 ———, its want of missionary zeal, 136 East and West, Division of, 94 Elders.

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