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Docetism

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Noun

1. docetism

the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real

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Docetism

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noun
(in the early Christian Church) a heresy that the humanity of Christ, his sufferings, and his death were apparent rather than real

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Docetism

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noun
a belief among some early Christians that Christ merely seemed to have a human body: it came to be considered heretical

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Docetism

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n.
The belief, especially associated with the Gnostics, that Jesus had no human body and only appeared to have died on the cross.

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