In general, Gnostics taught cosmological dualism, strict asceticism, repudiation of material creation as evil, docetism, and the existence of the divine spark in humans.

Some Gnostics believe Jesus was not crucified but it was someone else, and therefore he was not killed.

We used Google to ask the following :Date: 01-01-2026 – query: ‘what are the gnostic gospels’
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AI Results : 

Gnostic Gospels are ancient Christian writings, discovered mainly in the Nag Hammadi library (1945), that present alternative, secret teachings (gnosis or hidden knowledge) from Jesus and his apostles, contrasting with mainstream Christianity by viewing the material world as evil and emphasizing spiritual enlightenment over dogma. Key examples include the Gospels of Thomas, Mary, and Philip, revealing diverse early Christian beliefs about creation, the divine, and Jesus’s role, which led early Church leaders to deem them heretical and exclude them from the biblical canon. for good reason…

Key Characteristics:

Secret Knowledge (Gnosis): They offer hidden wisdom, esoteric insights, and mystic practices not found in the canonical Gospels, intended for a select few.
Dualistic Worldview: Gnostics believed the material world was a flawed creation by a lesser, evil deity (the Demiurge), trapping divine sparks (human souls) within corrupt bodies.

Jesus as Revealer: Jesus is seen as a divine messenger sent to awaken humanity to this hidden truth, freeing souls from the material prison.
Pseudonymous Authorship: They often claim to be written by apostles (Thomas, Mary Magdalene, Philip, Judas), but scholars recognize these as later forgeries (pseudepigrapha).

Not in the Bible: The orthodox Church rejected these texts for promoting false doctrines, viewing them as threats to established faith.

Major Discoveries:
The Nag Hammadi Library in Egypt (1945) unearthed 13 leather-bound codices containing 52 Gnostic texts, including the Gospel of Thomas (a collection of Jesus’s sayings) and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.

Significance:

These texts revolutionized understanding of early Christianity ( biased / makes it sound like you are missing something without them…consider that maybe you are not ), showing a far more diverse spiritual landscape than previously known, similar to the impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls on Judaism.

They offer different perspectives on Jesus’s teachings and the origins of Christianity, highlighting debates within the early church.

We have reviewed this Ai response and it appears in line with our understanding, which is limited to the study we have done over the years and we are not experts.  We are learning still as well always.  This is a dangerous false teaching.  It goes against what Jesus said and taught.

AI Results : 

Jesus died and rose again. He is the ONLY way to heaven.

[Phl 2:9 KJV] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
[Phl 2:10 KJV] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;
[Phl 2:11 KJV] And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

[Jhn 14:6 KJV] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
[Mat 7:22 KJV] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
[Mat 7:23 KJV] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
[2Co 11:3 KJV] But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
[2Co 11:4 KJV] For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him].
[Act 4:12 KJV] Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
[Gal 1:6 KJV] I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
[Gal 1:7 KJV] Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
[Gal 1:8 KJV] But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
[Gal 1:9 KJV] As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

We have reviewed this Ai response and it appears in line with our understanding, which is limited to the study we have done over the years and we are not experts.  We are learning still as well always.