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THE BOOK OF SHIONI AKEK
Chapter 4
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Shioni Akekt, son of Moroni, opens by explaining that he records additional matters concerning his father out of personal reverence. Upon Moroni's death, the council at Elak Kowa called him to be high priest, which also made him presiding officer over the Great Council, since the capital had been transferred from Mentina to Elak Kowa by Common Consent. This relocation, prompted by Mentina's internal division over Tucantor's doctrine, angered the Mentinites, who withheld their surplus and delegates.
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Shioni convened a Great Council to address the grievance. Delegates were named and recognized. Micah and Hemeacum spoke for Mentina, appealing to tradition, history, and priesthood right.
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Midgan Idi and Tso Tsit answered that Common Consent, not heritage or one city's primacy, governs the Nem. The council voted overwhelmingly to retain Common Consent and chose teaching rather than legal coercion regarding the Tucantorites. Tucantor afterward consolidated tyrannical control in Mentina, suppressing women's spiritual gifts, confiscating goods, persecuting dissenters, and finally imprisoning the population, rejecting Shioni's appeals.
