[doh-see-tiz-uh
m, doh-si-tiz-] 
| 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. |
| Do·ce·tism (dō-sē'tĭz'əm, dō'sə-tĭz'əm) n. An opinion especially associated with the Gnostics that Jesus had no human body and only appeared to have died on the cross. [Probably from Late Greek Dokētai, espousers of Docetism, from Greek dokein, to seem; see dek- in Indo-European roots.] Do·ce'tist n. |