Editing Inochentism (section)

===Controversial beliefs===
[[Millenarianism]] (or [[apocalypticism]]) is among the better known aspects of Inochentist teaching: as noted in 1926 by Nicolae Popovschi, Inochenție preached an impending arrival of the [[Antichrist]]. In 1912, while staying in [[Murom]], the hieromonk allegedly stated that the world would end on April 12, 1913, demanding a ban on marriages and speaking in praise of [[free love]].<ref>Sanielevici, p. 106.</ref> At Balta, Levizor allegedly kept several mistresses, danced with naked virgins, and invented a ritual for spreading [[chrism]] over the genitalia of women disciples.<ref>Sanielevici, pp. 106–108.</ref>

Alongside spontaneous dancing, Inochentist meetings involved [[direct revelation]] and [[glossolalia]].<ref>Clay, pp. 254–256; Sanielevici, p. 108.</ref> In Balta, the pilgrims trembled uncontrollably, shook their limbs, groaned, hiccuped, beat themselves and spoke in tongues. Sometimes, this happened even after they returned home and they even spread out to others. Many considered that these were signs sent by God, so that their innocent suffering would redeem the rest of the sinful world and prepare the world for the [[Kingdom of God]]. Those affected by them were called "[[martyr]]s" and thought to have supernatural powers, such as [[clairvoyance]] and the power to [[prophecy|predict the future]].<ref name="Clay, pp. 254–256"/> The recourse to [[Mortification of the flesh|mortification]] is said to have originated during one of Inochenție's addresses, when an anonymous believer deliberately injured his own skull—the blackened bruise was hailed by the church founder as a sign that a "New Man" with colored skin was about to emerge in the world.<ref name="hs107">Sanielevici, p. 107.</ref>

These habits, alongside suspicions that Inochenție was a [[Confidence trick|confidence artist]], escalated the conflict between Inochentists and the Orthodox Church: various Orthodox missionaries and scholars issued strong warnings against Inochenție's dogma.<ref name="hs107"/> Some grave concerns about Inochentist teachings were raised by the Romanian press in and around 1930. ''[[Dimineața]]'' spoke at length about the movement's approval of mortification and selective [[castration]], [[Christian communism]], [[nudism]], [[sacred prostitution]], [[group sex]] and alcohol abuse.<ref>Sanielevici, pp. 101–115.</ref> The newspaper also reports that Barbă Roșie's promotion to the rank of Patriarch was based on his claim to have been visited by the ghost of Inochenție, back in 1928.<ref>Sanielevici, pp. 104–105.</ref> The Inochentists held special [[prayer meeting]]s during which they venerated the photograph of Inochenție, believing that they would experience miraculous visits of the Holy Spirit.<ref>Clay, p. 251.</ref>

Sanielevici, who credited these reports, noted a resemblance between the Inochentists and earlier sectarian movements in Russia, as depicted by writer [[Dmitry Merezhkovsky]]; following up on his own global theory, Sanielevici concluded that all such phenomena originated with an underground "[[Semitic people|Semitic]]" and "[[Apollonian and Dionysian|Dionysian]]" culture.<ref>Sanielevici, ''passim''.</ref>