docetism

When Ignatius had to argue against the twin arguments of Gnostic docetism on one hand and works – based salvation on the other he did so with the books left by the Apostles.

Blind Faith? 2009

The Greek approach influenced the early Christian view, called docetism, that Jesus was a spirit with only a phantom body.

Can Yoga Be Christian? Stephen Prothero 2010

Just because Greek Gnostics, for instance, could not deny the truth of Jesus 'Crucifixion and Resurrection and had to find a way (your docetism) to account for this truth in their beliefs doesn't make them Christian.

Blind Faith? 2009

I think the traditional interpretation that we are dealing with an intra-Christian dispute about some form of docetism the idea that Jesus had walked on earth but not in human form is the more plausible.

Tacitus on Mythicism James F. McGrath 2010

It certainly includes a harrowing of Hell, and Ignatius, if he is arguing against docetism would then be arguing against Jesus not physically going to Hell in the Trallians passage.

Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity James F. McGrath 2010

Perhaps you could give me the mainstream, historical understanding of docetism so that I can be corrected.

Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity James F. McGrath 2010

I am sure readers of this blog would be interested to know what sources your unusual understanding of docetism is based on.

Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity James F. McGrath 2010

How does his statement in Magnesians argue in any way against docetism?

Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity James F. McGrath 2010

How does Ignatius' statement in Magnesians argue in any way against docetism?

Mythunderstanding The Criteria Of Authenticity James F. McGrath 2010

As suggested earlier, hat is being offered here as an ostensible defense of orthodoxy is, ironically, the heresy of docetism.

Sinful Certainty James F. McGrath 2009