docetism.
The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.
Meaning & usage
The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.
Where this word comes from
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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