Etymology

Aphthartodocetism

Today it means: The doctrines of the Aphthartodocetae. A Christological doctrine that taught that Christ's body was naturally incorruptible and not subject to physical suffering, associated with the 6th-century Monophysite theologian Julian of Halicarnassus. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτοδοκητισμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδοκέω“I seem, I appear”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀφθαρτος“incorruptible”
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀφθαρτοδοκητισμός
  4. English todayAphthartodocetism

From Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτοδοκητισμός (aphthartodokētismós), derived from Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτος (aphthartos, “incorruptible”) + Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem, I appear”).

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Ancient Greekἀφθαρτος all →

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