Docetism, which Placher defines as “the denial of Christ’s real humanity,” is presented as an overarching theme in Gnosticism (Placher 4). In The Second Treatise of the Great Seth Jesus displaces an earthly man from his body, thereby implying that the body he occupies is not his own. Also, Jesus states that while the people around him saw him being punished, they were unknowingly punishing their own people and Jesus was at the height of the archons laughing at their obliviousness (Placher 5). This not only suggests that Jesus was not corporeally present on earth, but that he did not personally suffer for human’s sins. On the other hand, according to González, Marcion claims that Jesus appeared as a grown man and was not composed of material
