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'''Docetism''' was one of the very early church [[heresies]]. The Docetists were a group of early [[Christian]]s who believed that [[Jesus]] was totally divine and His humanity was simply an appearance.<ref>Cited by [[M. Scott Peck]] in ''Further Along the Road Less Traveled'', Page 206</ref>
'''Docetism''' was one of the very early church [[heresies]]. The Docetists were a group of early [[Christian]]s who believed that [[Jesus]] was totally divine and His humanity was simply an appearance (God pretending to be human<ref name="Stott:Ev.Truth">{{cite book |title=Evangelical Truth: A Personal Plea For Unity, Integrity And Faithfulness |author=John Stott |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |year=2003 (First Edition 1999)|chapter= Chapter I: The Revelation of God |pages=59 |isbn=978-88511-19885|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=at9lpwAACAAJ}}</ref>).<ref>Cited by [[M. Scott Peck]] in ''Further Along the Road Less Traveled'', Page 206</ref>
According to O.Skarsaune the early ordinary or orthodox Christians such as [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius]] and [[Polycarp of Smyrna|Polycarp]] were fighting valiantly against docetic Christology that was native for [[Gnostic]] heresy. The usual Christian conception of incarnation of Christ was remote to Gnostics, in their heretical belief system the whole point of Christ's mission was to free humans from the material universe. He himself could not be a part of it by carrying a real, ''physical'' body, he only appeared (Greek, ''dokein'') to have one.<ref name="Skarsaune">{{cite book
According to O.Skarsaune the early ordinary or orthodox Christians such as [[Ignatius of Antioch|Ignatius]] and [[Polycarp of Smyrna|Polycarp]] were fighting valiantly against docetic Christology that was native for [[Gnostic]] heresy. The usual Christian conception of incarnation of Christ was remote to Gnostics, in their heretical belief system the whole point of Christ's mission was to free humans from the material universe. He himself could not be a part of it by carrying a real, ''physical'' body, he only appeared (Greek, ''dokein'') to have one.<ref name="Skarsaune">{{cite book
|author=Oskar Skarsaune
|author=Oskar Skarsaune