this matter again in another context), we acknowledge that it is no wonder the participants in this argument were reminded of Docetism. Docetism wished to emphasize particularly Christ’s divinity and his deliverance, and its emphasis on God’s act in Christ wholly obscured his humanity. When the church realized the danger of Docetism and attacked the various forms of monophysitism, refusing to view Christ’s incarnation as a “manifestation,” which would rob the expression vere homo of all true meaning,22