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Docetism (dōsēt`ĭzəm) [Gr.,=to appear], early heretical trend in Christian thought. Docetists claimed that Christ was a mere phantasm who only seemed to live and suffer. A similar tendency to deny Jesus' humanity appeared in the teachings of Simon Magus, Marcion, Gnosticism, and certain phases of monarchianism. |
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He seemed to die, but in reality, the Docetist would say, did not die. Indeed, Christian theology has stayed far away from narratives of the interior life of the Trinity after the early traumas of the Arian, Docetist, and Gnostic conflicts. It is evident within contemporary American churches that many Christians are practical docetists and monophysites. |
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