DOCETAE  , a name applied to those thinkers in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church who held that See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, during his See also:

• LIFE

life, had not a real or natural, but only an apparent (SoKeiv, to appear) or phantom See also:

• BODY

body . Other explanations of the b6,c ris or See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance have, however, been suggested, and, in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of any statement by those who first used the word of the grounds on which they did so, it is impossible to determine between them with certainty . The name Docetae is first used by See also:

• THEODORET

Theodoret (Ep . 82) as a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general description, and by See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria as the designation of a distinct See also:

• SECT

sect,' of which he says that See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CASSIANUS, JOANNES EREMITA, or JOANNES

Cassianus was the founder . Docetism, however, undoubtedly existed before the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Cassianus . The origin of the See also:

• HERESY

heresy is to be sought in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, Alexandrine and See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental philosophizing about the imperfection or rather the essential impurity of See also:

• MATTER

matter . Traces of a Jewish Docetism are to be found in See also:

• PHILO
• PHILO, HERENNIUS

Philo; and in the Christian See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form it is generally supposed to be combated in the writings of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John,' and more formally in the epistles of See also:

• IGNATIUS ('Iyvfrior)

Ignatius.' It differed much in its complexion according to the points of view adopted by the different authors . Among the Gnostics and Manichaeans it existed in its most See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed type, and in a milder form it is to be found even in the writings of the orthodox teachers . The more thoroughgoing Docetae assumed the position that Christ was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born without any participation of matter; and that all the acts and sufferings of his human life, including the crucifixion, were only apparent . They denied accordingly, the resurrection and the ascent into See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven . To this class belonged Dositheus, See also:

• SATURNINUS, LUCIUS APPULEIUS

Saturninus, Cerdo, See also:

• MARCION

Marcion and their followers, the See also:

• OPHITES, or OPIMMANS (Gr. oOrs, Heb. r , " snake ")

Ophites, Manichaeans and others . Marcion, for example, regarded the body of Christ merely as an " See also:

• UMBRA (Lat. for shade or shadow)

umbra," a " phantasma." His denial (due to his abhorrence of the See also:

• WORLD

world) that Jesus was born or subjected to human development, is in striking contrast to the value which he sets on Christ's See also:

• DEATH

death on the See also:

• CROSS

cross .

The other, or milder school of Docetae, attributed to Christ an ethereal and heavenly instead of a truly human body . Amongst these were See also:

• VALENTINUS

Valentinus, Bardesanes, See also:

• BASILIDES

Basilides, See also:

• TATIAN (2nd cent. A.D.)

Tatian and their followers . They varied considerably in their estimation of the See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share which this body had in the real actions and sufferings of Christ . Clement and See also:

• ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

Origen, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Alexandrian school, took a somewhat subtle view of the Incarnation, and Docetism pervades their controversies with the Monarchians . Hilary especially illustrates the prevalence of naive Docetic views as regards the details of the Incarnation . Docetic tendencies ' Not a distinct sect, but a continuous type of Christology . See also:

• HIPPOLYTUS
• HIPPOLYTUS, THE CANONS OF

Hippolytus, however (Philosophumena, viii . 8-I I), speaks of a definite party who called themselves Docetae . Z I Ep. iv . 2, ii . 22, v . 6, 20; 2 Ep .

7, cf . See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome (See also:

• DIAL

Dial. adv . See also:

• LUCIFER (d. 370/1)
• LUCIFER (the Latinized form of Gr. 4scwo'4 bpos, " light-bearer ")

Lucifer . § 23 " Apostolis adhuc in saeculo superstitibus, adhuc apud Judaeam Christi sanguine recenti, phantasma Domini corpus asserebatur ") . ' Ad Trail . 9 f., Ad Smyrn . 2, 4, Ad Ephes . 7. a See also:

• POLYCARP (c. 6g-c. 155)

Polycarp, Ad Phil . 7 .