Docetism, (from Greek dokein, “to seem”), Christian heresy and one of the earliest Christian sectarian doctrines, affirming that Christ did not have a real or natural body during his life on earth but only an apparent or phantom one.

How does the church respond to docetism?

From the moment of his conception, Jesus was fully human and fully divine. … False Beliefs: It declared that Jesus only seemed to be human. Church’s Response: Docetism was condemned at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

What did nestorianism teach?

Nestorianism taught that the human and divine essences of Christ are separate and that there are two persons, the man Jesus Christ and the divine Logos, which dwelt in the man.