docetism

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The doctrine of the Docetae.

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For Robert Price "docetism", together with " encratism ", " Gnosticism " and " adoptionism ", has been employed "far beyond what historically descriptive usage would allow". Source: Internet

Definitions Docetism is broadly defined as any teaching that claims that Jesus' body was either absent or illusory. citation The term ‘docetic’ should be used with caution, since its use is rather nebulous. Source: Internet

He speaks of a "remarkable body", and in his opinion that the mortal body of Jesus was transformed by God into an ethereal and divine body, Origen approximated the Docetism that he otherwise abhorred. Source: Internet

Docetism held that Jesus' humanity was merely an illusion, thus denying the Incarnation (God becoming human). Source: Internet

The ensuing debate reached an impasse as awareness grew that the very term "docetism", like "gnosticism", was difficult to define within the religio-historical framework of the debate. Source: Internet

Docetism largely died out during the first millennium AD. Source: Internet

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