Meaning Of The Word Docetism

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Docetism in American English
a belief among some early Christians that Christ merely seemed to have a human body: it came to be considered heretical
noun: an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body

Docetism in British English
noun: (in the early Christian Church) a heresy that the humanity of Christ, his sufferings, and his death were apparent rather than real

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