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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.
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| (in the early Christian Church) a heresy that the humanity of Christ, his sufferings, and his death were apparent rather than real | |
| [C19: from Medieval Latin Docētae, from Greek Dokētai, from dokein to seem] | |
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Docetism
1846, heresy holding that the body of Jesus was a phantom, from Gk. Doketai, name of the sect, lit. "believers," from dokein "to seem, have the appearance of, think," related to doxa (see decent).
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