Meaning & use
Docetic
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Relating to Docetism, the early Christian belief that Christ's physical body and suffering were only apparent, not real.
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Early church councils condemned docetic teachings as heresy.
The docetic view held that Christ only seemed to suffer on the cross.
A note on using this word
The word derives from the Greek "dokein," meaning "to seem," reflecting the doctrine's claim that Christ's humanity was merely an appearance.
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