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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Docetism |
(d s t´ z m) (KEY) [Gr.,=to appear], early heretical trend in Christian thought. Docetists claimed that Christ was a mere phantasm who only seemed to live and suffer. A similar tendency to deny Jesus’ humanity appeared in the teachings of Simon Magus, Marcion, Gnosticism, and certain phases of monarchianism. |
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