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单词 Docetism
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Definition of Docetism in English:

Docetism

noun dəˈsiːtɪz(ə)mˈdəʊsɪˌtɪz(ə)mˈdōsi-
mass 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.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cox rightly counters the anti-Semitism that separates Jesus from his Jewish roots and the Docetism that denies his humanity.
    • Try explaining the soteriological danger of Docetism to your pewmate this Sunday and you'll see what I mean.
    • Rome is more likely to inquire into the orthodoxy of theologians who work with a Christology from below than into the possible Docetism of theologians who follow a Christology from above.
    • Indeed, this latter focus is an indispensable safeguard against the oldest and most enduring Christological heresy, Docetism: a Jesus removed from the travails of the flesh and the tragedies of history.
    • A high Christology can implicitly convey a Docetism, the view that the Son of God only appeared to be human during his earthly life.

Derivatives

  • Docetist

  • noun
    • Once you see that creation is not innately evil, then the other issue for Docetists is no longer a problem.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Docetists and their immoral practices are everywhere, honeycombing and corrupting the churches.
      • Hence, the Docetists taught that since Christ is holy, He could never have had the defilement of human flesh.
      • In particular, he wrote out against the Docetists, who denied the humanity of Christ and ascribed to Him a phantom body.
      • Salvation, according to Docetists is a matter of coming to know the gnosis, the higher truth.

Origin

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

 
 

Definition of Docetism in US English:

Docetism

nounˈdōsi-
  • 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.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A high Christology can implicitly convey a Docetism, the view that the Son of God only appeared to be human during his earthly life.
    • Try explaining the soteriological danger of Docetism to your pewmate this Sunday and you'll see what I mean.
    • Rome is more likely to inquire into the orthodoxy of theologians who work with a Christology from below than into the possible Docetism of theologians who follow a Christology from above.
    • Cox rightly counters the anti-Semitism that separates Jesus from his Jewish roots and the Docetism that denies his humanity.
    • Indeed, this latter focus is an indispensable safeguard against the oldest and most enduring Christological heresy, Docetism: a Jesus removed from the travails of the flesh and the tragedies of history.

Origin

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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