Aphthartodocetism

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)

1. (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

Derived terms

• Aphthartodocetist

See also

• Monophysitism

References

• 1991, Timothy E. Gregory, “Aphthartodocetism”, in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium‎^[1]: