docetism

Meaning of docetism

noun

the doctrine, important in Gnosticism, that Christ's body was not human but either a phantasm or of real but celestial substance, and that therefore his sufferings were only apparent.

mid 19th century: from medieval Latin Docetae (the name, based on Greek dokein ‘seem’, given to a group of 2nd-century Christian heretics) + -ism.

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Hyphenation of docetism

do-cetism

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
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Meaning Docetism:

Docetism

Anagrams of docetism

comedist, demotics, domestic

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