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Docetic

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Do`cet´ic
a.1.Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ.


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Such an understanding denies the human character of the Bible, turning it into something Docetic, without flesh and bones, like claiming that the bread of the Eucharist isn't really bread.
Biblical preaching in Babel by Lundblad, Barbara K. / Currents in Theology and Mission
He writes: "Probably the evangelist is attacking a gnostic or docetic group within his community which rejected the reception of the Eucharist" (61).
Drinking blood at a kosher Eucharist? The sound of scholarly silence by Cahill, Michael J. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Without such a distinction, a Christology would likely be Docetic.
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