Docetism is one of the several heresies of the Church. It is the belief that the humanity of Jesus is mere a disguise, and actually Jesus is God. This belief is against many doctrines that the Church agrees with.
Docetism denies the Incarnation because it is believed that Jesus is an image of God, and God does not need to be made into a human. The belief is based on that “matter was evil, and hence that God would not take on a material body”. Since “Christ was born without any participation of matter”, Jesus is not a true human being but merely an illusion of God. Docetism denials the Incarnation as the human form of God does not exist, thus the birth of God did not take place, even though Jesus the illusion of God was born. It is against the Church’s teachings as Church believes that Jesus is fully divine and fully human in the same time, and Jesus experiences his life as a human.
Crucifixion and the death of Jesus is also denied by the Docetism. Because Jesus is not human, he cannot suffer or die on the cross. Therefore, all the sufferings in Jesus’ life “were mere appearances”. It also indicates that the humanity is not saved because of the death of God, as “Jesus was incorporeal, a pure spirit and could not physically die”. Therefore, the Crucifixion and the death of Jesus did not really …show more content…
Because the Docetism believes that Jesus is merely an image of God, the Trinity cannot be established as it is believed to be formed by Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each of the three things are the different forms of God; each of them are equal to God, but not equal to the rest of them. If Jesus is not an independent being, then the position of the Son does not exist in the Trinity. According to the Church, Trinity is set up because they believe that Jesus is a human, who is independent from God the Father. Therefore, in Docetism the Trinity cannot be explained since Jesus is not considered as a human, but an illusion of
Docetism denies the Incarnation because it is believed that Jesus is an image of God, and God does not need to be made into a human. The belief is based on that “matter was evil, and hence that God would not take on a material body”. Since “Christ was born without any participation of matter”, Jesus is not a true human being but merely an illusion of God. Docetism denials the Incarnation as the human form of God does not exist, thus the birth of God did not take place, even though Jesus the illusion of God was born. It is against the Church’s teachings as Church believes that Jesus is fully divine and fully human in the same time, and Jesus experiences his life as a human.
Crucifixion and the death of Jesus is also denied by the Docetism. Because Jesus is not human, he cannot suffer or die on the cross. Therefore, all the sufferings in Jesus’ life “were mere appearances”. It also indicates that the humanity is not saved because of the death of God, as “Jesus was incorporeal, a pure spirit and could not physically die”. Therefore, the Crucifixion and the death of Jesus did not really …show more content…
Because the Docetism believes that Jesus is merely an image of God, the Trinity cannot be established as it is believed to be formed by Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each of the three things are the different forms of God; each of them are equal to God, but not equal to the rest of them. If Jesus is not an independent being, then the position of the Son does not exist in the Trinity. According to the Church, Trinity is set up because they believe that Jesus is a human, who is independent from God the Father. Therefore, in Docetism the Trinity cannot be explained since Jesus is not considered as a human, but an illusion of