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Docetism meaning

The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.

Synonyms of Docetism

theological doctrine heresy unorthodoxy

Related words

Other words often associated with Docetism or its synonyms:

orientation content heterodoxy orthodoxy doctrine ism philosophy originality

Using Docetism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.
  • Useful related words include: theological doctrine, heresy, unorthodoxy.
  • In the example corpus, docetism often appears in combinations such as: of docetism.

Context around Docetism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

definitions 1× price 1× modern 1× term 1×

Often after:

held 1× largely 1× together 1×

Sentence patterns with Docetism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a modern docetism 1× approximated the docetism that he 1× definitions docetism is broadly 1× docetism held that 1× docetism largely died 1× form of docetism in which 1× refutation of docetism and to 1× robert price docetism together with 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

definitions docetism is 1× docetism held that 1× docetism largely died 1× for robert price 1× he speaks of 1× it appears that 1×

Common sentence endings:

a modern docetism 1× first millennium ad 1× god becoming human 1× he otherwise abhorred 1× is rather nebulous 1× left did not 1×

Words around Docetism

Just before it in the word index:

docetic 4 docetaxel 2 docents 15 docent 14 docebo 2 doce 5

Just after it in the word index:

docg 6 docgo 10 doch 2 dochas 2 docherty 57 dochq 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Docetism

  • In this selection, "docetism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, definitions, price, modern, held, largely and together stand out and add context to how "docetism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a modern docetism and approximated the docetism that he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "docetism" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with docetism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Shailer Mathews called Drews' theory a "modern docetism". (8 words)

Docetism largely died out during the first millennium AD. (9 words)

Docetism held that Jesus' humanity was merely an illusion, thus denying the Incarnation (God becoming human). (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The bottom bar is slanted for two reasons, to represent the very real agony which Christ experienced on the cross (a refutation of Docetism ) and to signify that the thief on Christ's right chose the right path while the thief on the left did not. (46 words)

It appears that these teachers taught a form of docetism in which Jesus came to earth as a spirit without a real body of flesh (4:2) that his death on the cross was not as a true atonement for sins (1:7). (43 words)

He speaks of a "remarkable body", and in his opinion that the mortal body of Jesus was transformed by God into an ethereal and divine body, Origen approximated the Docetism that he otherwise abhorred. (34 words)

Example sentences (9)

Definitions Docetism is broadly defined as any teaching that claims that Jesus' body was either absent or illusory. citation The term ‘docetic’ should be used with caution, since its use is rather nebulous.

Docetism held that Jesus' humanity was merely an illusion, thus denying the Incarnation (God becoming human).

Docetism largely died out during the first millennium AD.

For Robert Price "docetism", together with " encratism ", " Gnosticism " and " adoptionism ", has been employed "far beyond what historically descriptive usage would allow".

He speaks of a "remarkable body", and in his opinion that the mortal body of Jesus was transformed by God into an ethereal and divine body, Origen approximated the Docetism that he otherwise abhorred.

It appears that these teachers taught a form of docetism in which Jesus came to earth as a spirit without a real body of flesh (4:2) that his death on the cross was not as a true atonement for sins (1:7).

Shailer Mathews called Drews' theory a "modern docetism".

The bottom bar is slanted for two reasons, to represent the very real agony which Christ experienced on the cross (a refutation of Docetism ) and to signify that the thief on Christ's right chose the right path while the thief on the left did not.

The ensuing debate reached an impasse as awareness grew that the very term "docetism", like "gnosticism", was difficult to define within the religio-historical framework of the debate.

Common combinations with docetism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of docetism 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "docetism" in a sentence?
An example: "Definitions Docetism is broadly defined as any teaching that claims that Jesus' body was either absent or illusory. citation The term ‘docetic’ should be used with caution, since its use is rather nebulous." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "docetism" from authentic English texts.
What does "docetism" mean?
Docetism means: The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.
What are synonyms of "docetism"?
Common synonyms of "docetism" include: theological doctrine, heresy, unorthodoxy.
How many example sentences with "docetism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "docetism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.