Meanings
- not comparableChristianityOf or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer.
It is a docetic view of this miracle, which conceives of the body of Christ as permanently exempt from the law of gravity.
1846, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord, page 2841 more example
In these letters Ignatius spoke much of his concern at what are recognizable as forms of gnostic belief, including docetic views of Christ's Passion.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 133Synonyms: docetist, docetistic
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adjectiveOf or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδοκεῖν“to seem, to appear”
- Koine GreekΔοκηταί
- Late LatinDocetae
- Englishdocetic
From Docetae + -ic, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).
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