3807. After her husband had been immobile for four years she
began to go out of the house for one afternoon a week, this excursion was to a
church nearby where she attended a Bible reading and study group sponsored by
missionaries of some Protestant sect from America.
3808. For some unknown reason these Bible study sessions
took place in an auxiliary building of a local Russian Orthodox Church. This
was a highly irregular situation but was made possible by a new priest who
considered himself to be aware of the “new ideas.”
3809. These Bible reading and
scriptural study meetings at first were of a very benign nature, but they soon
evolved into a secretive and conspiratorial association. Under the umbrella of
a devout and pious activity, the members began to form a small sect with an
agenda, an almost revolutionary agenda.
3810. Studying the Bible they
reached certain conclusions about government. There idea could be stated
simply, and it was this, “Christ will return one day and His reign on earth
will commence. In order to prepare for His coming, secular and monarchical
government had to be abandoned and the rule of the church had to he
instituted.”
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