Spirit Wrestlers
Spirit Wrestlers
Russian sect founded at Kharkov, c.1740 . They spread rapidly but because of their resistance to authority were persecuted by the government, deported to Transcaucasia, 1837 , and finally allowed to migrate to Canada , 1898 . They deny the Holy Ghost , place minor importance on the Scriptures, and consider the Church an assembly of the righteous on earth. They now number over 9,000.