Docetism
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Docetism was one of the very early church heresies. The Docetists were a group of early Christians who believed that Jesus was totally divine and His humanity was simply an appearance.[1] According to O.Skarsaune the early ordinary or orthodox Christians such as Ignatius 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.[2]
References
- ↑ Cited by M. Scott Peck in Further Along the Road Less Traveled, Page 206
- ↑ Oskar Skarsaune (2002). In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influence on Early Christianity. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic. ISBN 978-0-8308-2844-9.