Abstract
The introduction to the Docetism ControversyTo control the masses, the political organization of the church declared that salvation can only be achieved through religious rituals and priest hood.Salvation through the personal mystical experience with Christ out side the organized church has been thrown out.Christian Gnosticism was obliterated and relatively little historical and theological information was left to fully understand early Christian history.Docetism as one of the earli est Christian Gnostic movements eventually was eradicated from Christian history.According to the historians Docetic Gnostic wrote his own Gos pel including The Acts John and, as mentioned previously, The Gospel of Peter.But genuinely their attitude opposite the Church's main ideology concerning Jesus and his personality which leads to cruel excommunica tion of Docetism.