This is a long and vitally important story. Formal organization encouraged the gnostics to make the typical mistake of attempting to encase their basic truth in elaborate theological trappings. Always a mistake for it obfuscated their simple golden truth. Jesus spoke a truth consistent with basic Gnosticism of “Do not pray to me but pray to the Father who loves you in your own right”. This is gnostic direct access without need of an intermediate, a fundamental element in the “good news” delivered by Jesus, “the real deal”, and he was consistently inclusive, never exclusive. Good news for ALL people.
Thank you for this brief introduction to gnostic direct access to the Boss.