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Docetism
Docetism [Gr.,=to appear], early heretical trend in Christian thought. Docetists claimed that Christ was a mere phantasm who only seemed to live and suffer. A similar tendency to deny Jesus' humanity appeared in the teachings of Simon Magus, Marcion, Gnosticism, and certain phases of monarchianism.
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Docetism
Jan 01, 2000; Docetism. In the early Church a tendency, rather than a formulated doctrine, which considered the humanity and sufferings of the...
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docetism
Jan 01, 1997; docetism The view that Jesus was a divine being who only appeared to be human, explicitly branded as a heresy by Ignatius (d. 107...
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Early questions about Jesus.
Mar 01, 2004; Did Jesus exist? The need for this essay goes back to the ancient heresy of Docetism, hinted at in 1 John 4.1-3 and 2 John 7, and...
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Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are with What We Buy .(Book Review)
Jun 22, 2005; Beaudoin, Tom. Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward, 2003. 137 pp. $19.95 (USD). ISBN: 1580511384. [1] In Consuming Faith: Integrating Who...
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On Earth as in Heaven: there is plenty of non-Gospel evidence to prove that Jesus did exist.
Jan 01, 2007; Tom Harpur's attempt in The Pagan Christ to disprove Jesus earthly existence is as futile as that of his many predecessors. These...
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