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4.1 Ignatius Of 1798 On Docetism (Patristic)

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4.1 Ignatius of Antioch on Docetism (Patristic)
In the period of Christian formative years, Ignatius wrote to defend Christianity from the heresy known as Docetism. Docetism is the doctrine that declares that Christ is not truly human because he suffers only in appearance not reality. In the test Ignatius states, “...who was persecuted under Pontius, who was truly crucified, and truly died, in full view of heaven, earth, and hell, and who was truly raised from the death.” Ignatius provided examples of instances where Jesus Christ acted a fully human and fully divine to refute the Docetic heresy. Regarding the idea that Christ only seemed to suffer, is completely heretical since we have so many examples of times when Christ suffered.
4.2 Irenaeus on Gnosticism in Christology (Patristic)
Irenaeus of Lyons dedicated pieces of his writing to defend Christian doctrine against heresies. In a particular piece written around the second half of the second century, he wrote about the impact of Gnosticism. Gnosticism was a heretical movement in the second century that stood behind the belief that the world was ruled and created by a lesser divinity. Irenaeus wrote about the teachings of the Gnostic teachings of …show more content…

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