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Do·ce·tism    Audio Help   [doh-see-tiz-uhm, doh-si-tiz-] Pronunciation Key
–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: 1840–50; Docet(ae) + -ism]

—Related forms
Do·ce·tic, adjective
Do·ce·tist, noun, adjective
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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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