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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτοδοκητισμός (aphthartodokētismós), derived from Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτος (aphthartos, “incorruptible”) + Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem, I appear”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌæfθɑːrtəˈdɒsɪˌtɪzəm/
Noun
Aphthartodocetism (uncountable)
- (Christianity, theology, historical, philosophy) The doctrines of the Aphthartodocetae. A Christological doctrine that taught that Christ's body was naturally incorruptible and not subject to physical suffering, associated with the 6th-century Monophysite theologian Julian of Halicarnassus.
Synonyms
Julianism
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References
1991, Timothy E. Gregory, “Aphthartodocetism”, in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium: