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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. | 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 Ilaseuasa | 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 autocephaly of these churches is distinct from the autocephaly of the Christian faiths in that the churches do elect their own high priest and regulate their own internal politics, similar to the Istriyan churches, but ultimately they report to a higher authority, that of the High Fane. The scions are notable in that they are free to decide their own doctrine, deities, festivals and worship practices so long as they adhere to the central Loa theology. Due to the flexible nature of the central theology, it is fairly easy to rework various deities and conceptions into the doctrine, with several scions adding new holy texts (such as the Ahoso Ilaseuasa adopting several parables of Jesus and various Gospels into its Anahuenna). | The autocephaly of these churches is distinct from the autocephaly of the Christian faiths in that the churches do elect their own high priest and regulate their own internal politics, similar to the Istriyan churches, but ultimately they report to a higher authority, that of the High Fane. The scions are notable in that they are free to decide their own doctrine, deities, festivals and worship practices so long as they adhere to the central Loa theology. Due to the flexible nature of the central theology, it is fairly easy to rework various deities and conceptions into the doctrine, with several scions adding new holy texts (such as the Ahoso Ilaseuasa adopting several parables of Jesus and various Gospels into its Anahuenna). | ||
The | The scions are structured similarly to the High Fane in that there is a high priest elected by a council of priests. The high priest serves to direct the efforts of the scion and serves as the final judge and arbiter of the law. In addition, they are responsible for taking in requests for assistance, whether it be infrastructure, medical, educational or otherwise, and then devising an economic plan based on these needs. This economic plan passes through to the priestly council, who are elected by a circuit of temples in an ''[[itisi]]'' that the scion is located in. This council then either approves it or disapproves it, in which case it is then reworked. The temple circuits in turn regulate affairs that are too minor to bother the entire scion about. | ||
The | The scions also serve as the absolute authority on political community matters. They maintain a collection of ''[[ansaha]]'', or jury consensus, which serve as one of the three judgments in the Loa legal syste, and reserve the right to hold trials and pass judgement on all criminals in their borders. This of course has lead to tremendous jurisdictional conflict, as each scion has its own specific set of ''ansaha'' and interpretation of the Anahuenna. Since temples are mandated to be affiliated with an Ilaseuasa, it is generally accepted that attending a temple for at least a year puts one under the jurisprudence of that particular scion. However, there is of course still the matter of where exactly a scion ends and another begins, making jurisprudence one of the most contentious internal matters in the Henasa. | ||
===Shrine Complexes=== | ===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. | 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. | ||
=== | ===Entomantic Orders=== | ||
===List of | ===List of Scion Churches=== | ||
==Clergy== | ==Clergy== | ||
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===Priests and Head Priests=== | ===Priests and Head Priests=== | ||
===Kesali'inti=== | ===Kesali'inti=== | ||
===Diviners and | ===Diviners and Shamans=== | ||
==Religious Buildings== | ==Religious Buildings== | ||
===Shrine=== | ===Shrine=== | ||
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[[Category:Loa]] | [[Category:Loa]] | ||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
[[Category:IXWB]] | [[Category:IXWB]] | ||