Aphthartodocetism

Meanings

1. 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.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτοδοκητισμός (aphthartodokētismós), derived from Ancient Greek ἀφθαρτος (aphthartos, “incorruptible”) + Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem, I appear”).