*The overwhelming impression of most Gnostic works is vagueness, word-spinning and tedium. The "Hymn of Jesus" from ''The Acts of John'' is fetchingly cryptic.<ref name="Hart"/>
*The common factor is imposing a foreign [belief] system on the biblical data{{#tag:ref|cf. [[Syncretism]]|group=note}}
*Preaching the pseudo-Christianity in the form of [[esoteric ]] or secret knowledge, obsession with mysterious and interest in secret doctrines and rites
==The Fundamentals and Traits of Gnostic Doctrine==