}}</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"/>: | }}</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"/>: |