Docetism
noun
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.
Docetic
-
a word derived from
Docetism.
Example Sentences
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The next passage to which we must refer is one of the most important in connection with Marcion's Docetic doctrine of the person of Jesus.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
In the New Testament too there is a large Docetic element.
From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Thomas Kelly Cheyne
We have already referred to this as one of the recognised Docetic passages of the fragment, although there is no necessity to read it in this sense.
From The Gospel According To Peter by Walter R. Cassels
Docetic elements are apparent even in the fragment of the Gospel of Peter recently discovered.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
Tradition must be moulded so as to fit the dogma, but the dogma must be restrained by tradition from running into Docetic extravagance.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
