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English > 1 sense of the word Docetism:
NOUNcognitionDocetismthe heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
English > Docetism: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real.
Broaderheresy, unorthodoxyA belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
theological doctrineThe doctrine of a religious group