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Docetism

In the history of Christianity, docetism (from the Koine Greek: δοκεῖν/δόκησις dokeĩn "to seem", dókēsis "apparition, phantom") was the doctrine that the phenomenon of Jesus, his historical and bodily existence, and above all the human form of Jesus, was mere semblance without any true reality. Broadly, it is taken as the belief that Jesus only seemed to…

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related to history · 29
Docetism → Alexandria, Anglican Communion, Antioch, Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Serapion, Calvinist, Catholic Church, Christian, Coptic Orthodox Church, Dokētaí, Eastern Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, First Council, Flesh, Gospel, Illusionists, It, Jesus's, John, Nicaea
related to Christology and theological implications · 28
Docetism → AD, Adam, Alexandria, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christology, Clement, Clement's, Docetic, Docetism's, Ernst Käsemann, Gospel, Grecian, In, In Clement's, It, Jewish, Jewish Christian, Jewish Christianity
related to Further reading · 19
Docetism → Anesaki, Buddhist, Clark, CS1, Early Church, Edinburgh, Elusive Phenomenon, Encyclopaedia, Hastings, In, Ines Jäger, James, Jens Schröter, Joseph Verheyden, Masaharu, Mohr Siebeck, Reimund Bieringer, The Quest, Tübingen
related to Docetism and Christ myth theory · 11
Docetism → Christ, Die Christusmythe, Drews, Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare, Jesus, Michael Grant's, Modern, Shailer Mathews, Since Arthur Drews, The, The Christ Myth
related to Definitions · 8
Docetism → Christ, God, In, Jesus, Marcionism, Other, The, Two
related to Islam and docetism · 6
Docetism → However, Islam, Manichaeism, Mecca, Quranic, Some

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Docetismrelated to Christology and theological implicationsChristianity0.60section
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Docetismrelated to Christology and theological implicationsGrecian0.60section
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