noun · countable / uncountable · rare

docetism

docetism · docetisms

The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and…The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.

UK/dəʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/US/doʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.

More definitions

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

Origin

From Docetae + -ism, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí) coined 19

From Docetae + -ism, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí) coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). Related to latter component of synecdoche.

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