Definitions for Docetism

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Docetism Do·ce·tism

Spelling: [doh-see-tiz-uh m, doh-si-tiz-]

IPA: /doʊˈsi tɪz əm, ˈdoʊ sɪˌtɪz-/

Docetism is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 393 anagrams from letters in Docetism (cdeimost).

Definitions for Docetism

noun

1. 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.
2. Roman Catholic Church. an ancient heresy asserting that Jesus lacked full humanity.

Origin of Docetism

First recorded in 1840-50; Docet(ae) + -ism

Examples for Docetism

As compared with this, Docetism in Origen's case appears throughout in a weakened form; see Bigg, p. 191.

A curious and far-off echo of early Docetism which also in its own way reduced Christ's suffering to a simple seeming to suffer.

Nevertheless, the author carefully avoids the extremes of Docetism or ditheism.