Docetism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Docetism \Doc"e*tism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     The doctrine of the Docet[ae].
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Docetism
       n : the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that
           Jesus had no human body and hissufferings and death on
           the cross were apparent rather than real