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/dəʊˈsɛtɪk/
Pronunciation notes
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Adjective
Of or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer.
Usage- not-comparable
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It is a docetic view of this miracle, which conceives of the body of Christ as permanently exempt from the law of gravity.
In these letters Ignatius spoke much of his concern at what are recognizable as forms of gnostic belief, including docetic views of Christ's Passion.