Docetism - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Docetism :  (noun)

1: 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 [syn: Docetism]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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