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There have been numerous debates regarding the place and influence of the High Fane in society, with the Henasa viewing it as a moral imperative to intervene in all aspects of life, while the state government points to many instances in the Anahuenna where queens and chieftains submit to the Incarnates and retain their status. Regardless, the High Fane holds considerable sway over all aspects of life with Takatta Loa being likened to a pseudo-theocracy due to the integral role that the temples and scions play in the bureaucracy of the government. This debate is currently one of the most significant in modern Loa society, with the Union of Takatta Loa supporting a less influential Henasa and the quasi-confederacy system it currently employs, while the [[Sacred Order of the Golden Flame]] constantly campaigns to ensure the dominance of the High Fane over all secular governments.

===Scion Churches===

The Scion Churches (called ''Ilaseuasa'', meaning 'scion', as in a plant graft, in Insuo Loa) are semi-autocephalous churches of the Henasa that preside over all temples and shrines in a particular geo-cultural region. They serve to divide and ease the burden of spiritual and legal guidance over an astonishingly diverse region, and possess a measure of autonomy. They provide services to the community such as legal judgement, education, medical care, infrastructure maintenance and agricultural relief through the temples that they govern.

The Ilaseuasa arose during the Loa Golden Age, when the Loa Imperial Domain was at its height. The Henasa found that various teachings were quite diverse across cultural regions, and that all attempts to regulate and enforce a certain doctrine according to that of the Imperial clan's personal beliefs was exhausting and often futile. As such, the Alihantapa during approximately 1306 CE, [[Roasa'ahuani]], decided to split her control, yielding her power over local judgement and practices to prominent temples on the condition that they make annual displays of loyalty to the Hugb Fane, and mandated that all temples follow one of the (at the time) four scion churches. This number has been updated overtime as certain movements have brought the significance of their cultural and religious disparity to the attention of the High Fane

===Shrine Complexes===

The shrine complexes are networks of temple shrines devoted to a particular deity. They are governed by a council of Shrine Heads, who often appoint a complex head priest, though not always. The complexes are largely responsible for organizing festivals and ceremonies related to their deity, as well as maintaining any roadside shrines, regulating diviners and maintaining any graveyards or necropoli in the vicinity. They are given a degree of autonomy by the churches, but are unable to regulate the community services the church offers, such as hospitals, schools and census offices. In addition, shrine complexes play a significant role in the bureaucracy, being able to approve or veto proposed laws if they believe the divine disapproves of it in some way, or in other words, what is functionally any charge they can think of.