ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOCETISM
From Medieval Latin Docētae, from Greek Dokētai, from dokein to seem.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCETISM»
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Docetism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics: Surveying the ...
WAS a late-first century and early- second century heresy claiming that Jesus
only seemed to be human (the word docetism is based on the Greek word dokeo,
which means “to seem”). Docetism is “the assertion that Christ's human body was
...
Ed Hindson, Ergun Caner, 2008
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Theology of the New Testament: German Edition edited and ...
The opponents' criticism is thus focused on the incarnation of Christ; this leads to
the well-founded hypothesis that the issue here is docetism. The designation "
docetism" is derived from the Greek term Soxnmg/ {Sorceiv6 The group
designated ...
Georg Strecker, Friedrich Wilhelm Horn, 2012
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The Christ is Jesus: Metamorphosis, Possession, and ...
In “Docetism: A Historical Definition,”26 he examines not only Weigandt but also
other descriptions from that of F. C. Baur to the articles of standard reference
works. Baur defined the phenomenon broadly: Either objectivity is denied to the ...
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The Apostolic Fathers ...: S. Ignatius. S. Polycarp. Revised ...
The only escape from the dilemma lay in Docetism. Christ's human life was not
real, but apparent ox putative. This Docetic view of Christ's humanity would
appeal to popular Judaism — -the Judaism of the Scribes and Pharisees — only
so far ...
Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Saint Ignatius (Bishop of Antioch), Saint Polycarp (Bishop of Smyrna.), 1885
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Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are with What We Buy
DOCETISM AND OUR ECONOMY Christians have been, and are often still,
docetic in everyday living, performatively. Because economics are part of our
everyday lives, Christians can very easily slip into economic docetism. By
economic ...
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Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian ...
Such rationales were available in the early centuries of the church in the form of
Docetism. For the Docetists, Jesus only appeared to be human. He was in fact a
purely heavenly being, untouched by the realities of human suffering and death.
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Representation and Substitution in the Atonement Theologies ...
Jeannine Michele Graham. Avoidance of Docetism Macquarrie insists that this
difference, only in degree from other human beings, does not detract from Jesus'
theological significance. He can even assert that the Chalcedonian formulation of
...
Jeannine Michele Graham, 2005
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A Critical and Historical Enquiry Into the Origin of the ...
The subject of docetism is historical, and the sources of all information relating to
it should be declared. But it is questionable whether Volckmar was justified in
applying comparatively modern information or philosophy to interpret the text of
the ...
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The Acts of John: A Two-stage Initiation Into Johannine ...
visible when it is combatted by the Johannine writings and by Ignatius.237 He
argues that, as an imminently dangerous heresy, docetism was only shortlived,
and geographically limited to Western Syria and Asia Minor, and probably
included ...
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The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early ...
Although adoptionism could rightly claim the oldest pedigree among chris-
tological heresies, the representatives of docetism proved far more pestiferous for
the second- and third-century defenders of orthodoxy.1 As we have seen, the
term ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOCETISM»
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Docetism is used in the context of the following news items.
Assistant Professor of Christian Ministries, University of Mobile
... humanity was either an illusion or altogether absent (Docetism). Among such are the gospel of Judas, gospel of Peter and the Acts of John. «Alabama Baptist, Jul 15»
4 thoughts about the Bible as a “human book”
So much conservative evangelical Christology, particularly the demotic variety, amounts to practical docetism/Apollinarianism/Eutycheanism. «Patheos, Jun 15»
Explore: Is this of God?
The main false teachers in John's context consisted of Gnostics and those who took up Docetism. Gnostic belief flatly denied the full divinity and ... «Baptist Standard, Jun 15»
Bold Proclamation and Compassionate Justice – Sermon Notes for …
This is not dualism or a form of Docetism in which we want desperately to rid our souls of these bodies…no, not at all! This is Paul's cry for ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
Church Fathers: Background on Heresies
In addition to typically Gnostic ideas, Marcion taught a kind of Docetism, the idea that Jesus's humanity and suffering were illusory. According to ... «Catholic Culture, Jun 15»
Don't carry invasive beliefs into church
In “Which False Teachings Are Evangelical Christians Most Tempted to Believe In?” Cherith Fee Nording finds the ancient heresy Docetism ... «Coldwater Daily Reporter, Apr 15»
Walter Brueggemann at Faith & Culture Conference 2015 – Lecture …
His colleague would say “well it seemed like that” the word “seem” is Docetism. You don't have to be an economists to know everything alludes ... «Patheos, Apr 15»
Jesus didn't just look human
What these students didn't realize is how perilously close they were to embracing the first Christian heresy: docetism. This is the belief that ... «Mennonite World Review, Apr 15»
Luther Reading Challenge
We do love paper, but it has its physical (and financial) limitations, so at risk of bibliographic docetism that we have warmly embraced the ... «First Things, Apr 15»
At Least Be Humble
... or claims of that sort, are more common among people who think of themselves as Christian — as a sort of modern docetism or something. «Patheos, Feb 15»
