According to the legend taught within the ThomasineChurch, Thomas the Apostle was known as the Twin of the Savior because Jesus referred to him as his spiritual counterpart and intimate confidant.
The ThomasineChurch teaches that ignorance is the prefix to incorrect thoughts, words, and deeds and that ignorance is the delusion of the mind that keeps one from attaining gnosis or illumination.
Many contemporary Gnosticchurches tend to rely upon transcendent "spiritualenlightenment," which is significantly other than mere "faith" (which is the hallmark of exoteric churches) and profess the existence of a Divine being, whereas the ThomasineChurch is scientific and atheistic.