docetism

Meaning

Noun

• The doctrine of the Docetes, that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body and was ultimately of celestial substance.

Origin

• From Latin Docetae, Docetæ -ism, from Ancient Greek doketai "phantasmists", coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from δοκέω, δόκησις. Related to latter component of synecdoche.