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}}</ref> Those Gnostic heretical texts where [[Christ]] is conceived as a teacher and revealer of mysterious ''gnosis'', i.e. a secret knowledge aiming so save people from ignorance and material world rather than sin, exhibit following characteristics in contrast to [[canon|canonical]] [[Gospels]]<ref name="Skarsaune"/><ref name="Smith"/>:

}}</ref> Those Gnostic heretical texts where [[Christ]] is conceived as a teacher and revealer of mysterious ''gnosis'', i.e. a secret knowledge aiming to save people from ignorance and material world rather than sin, exhibit following characteristics in contrast to [[canon|canonical]] [[Gospels]]<ref name="Skarsaune"/><ref name="Smith"/>:

*The texts contain only alleged sayings of Jesus often twisted so as to express the Gnostic theology

*The texts contain only alleged sayings of Jesus often twisted so as to express the Gnostic theology

*Jesus transmits these isolated sayings without being placed in any role within Israel's history such as Roman occupation or without any relation to it  

*Jesus transmits these isolated sayings without being placed in any role within Israel's history such as Roman occupation or without any relation to it