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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. The collection of all persons who believe in (at least some of) the basic fundamental tenets of Christianity, or who practice Christian religious rituals, or both. ChristianPerson Christian Christian people believer in Christianity believers in Christianity Christian persons Christians Christian person http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian GreekOrthodoxPerson greek orthodox person The collection of people who consider themselves to be adherents of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi33pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreekOrthodoxReligion</a>, regardless of whether they really live by (or understand) most Greek Orthodox principles. As such, this collection is designed to capture the 'common sense' notion of 'being a Greek Orthodox,' and not the prescriptive sense that a devout Greek Orthodox person or a Greek Orthodox church leader might attach to the phrase. The collection of people who adhere to a faith in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnglicanReligion</a>. AnglicanPerson Anglican The collection of altar servers, typically young males (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4wYPCoO7EdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">AltarBoy</a>) who assist a priest during his or her performance of a church service, by performing minor tasks, such as carrying candles, accepting the eucharistic gifts on behalf of the priest, etc. The altar server is a traditional role in Catholic Mass and in Anglican/Episcopal services (where altar servers are referred to as "acolytes"). AltarServer altar server ChadianChristian-SaraNgambay Sara Ngambay Puritan The collection of members of a 16th and 17th century Protestant group in England and New England opposing as unscriptural the ceremonial worship and the prelacy of the Church of England. Puritan member of { missionaries, Christians } (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet Missionary ChristianPerson)) CatholicPerson The collection of people who adhere to a faith in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Catholicism</a>. Note that an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFAJYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CatholicPerson</a> may not necessarily believe in (or adhere to) catholic edicts as laid down by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBxYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pope</a> and still consider themselves Catholics (e.g., they may use <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1ZTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BirthControlPill</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1mBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Condom</a> and thus be technically outside <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Catholicism</a> but still be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFAJYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CatholicPerson</a>). Catholic The collection of people who adhere to a faith in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProtestantReligion</a>. The basic tenet of Protestantism is the non-mandatory role of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVrx15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Priest</a> as an intercessionary between a believer and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GodOfAbrahamIsaacAndJacob</a>, or between a believer and the proper interpretation of the holy texts (such as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOG0IJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bible</a>). As a divergence from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Catholicism</a>, Protestants generally believe in a school of Christianity that differs in some key respects. Among the chief differences are: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFAJYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CatholicPerson</a> shows more devotion to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBk5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mary_MotherOfJesus</a>, and has a belief in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHpgIpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Transubstantiation</a> -- the process whereby bread is turned into the body of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3n0p5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JesusChrist</a>). Some subclasses of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2dkzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProtestantPerson</a> view the latter as being of symbolic import only (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnglicanReligion</a>), while followers of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjNmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LutheranReligion</a> school believe in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHpgIpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Transubstantiation</a> as a transformation, but deny the necessary role of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVrx15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Priest</a> as an agent of this transformation. ProtestantPerson Protestant A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQB295wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChristianPerson</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDgVOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Monk</a>. Christian monk Monk-Christian MormonPerson mormon person An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbSq6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByReligion</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQB295wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChristianPerson</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBl1ddo1mQdiJ_Lhsq15Ezw" class="cyc_term">MormonPerson</a> is someone who adheres to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi45ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mormonism</a> (q.v.). The historical individual who, through extensive letter-writing and missionary work, began the transformation of Christianity from a Jewish reform-movement to a full-blown religion in its own right. Not a contemporary of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViyXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JesusOfNazareth</a>, Paul allegedly decided to devote his life to that prophet's teachings after a ghostly encounter with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3n0p5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JesusChrist</a> on the roadside. St. Paul Paul-GospelWriter John Wesley JohnWesley-ReligiousFigure John Wesley is widely recognized as the founder of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MethodistReligion</a>. Richard Wagner RichardWagner The influential German composer, most famous for his composition 'Ride of the Valkyries' and his operas 'Tannh&auml;user' and 'Parsifal'. His quest for Pan-Germanic `total art' was marred by his notorious anti-semitism. A one-time friend of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhkwypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FriedrichNietzsche</a>, Nietzsche believed Wagner to embody all the aspects of his moral Ubermensch (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzoMs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nietzschean_Superman</a>). However, Nietzsche was later to become disillusioned with Wagner's anti-semitism. MartinLuther-ReligiousFigure German theologian, founder of the Lutheran religion, chiefly responsible for the Protestant reformation. He lived from 1483 to 1546. Martin Luther The collection of all persons who believe in (at least some of) the basic fundamental tenets of Christianity, or who practice Christian religious rituals, or both. ChristianPerson Christian <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm The collection of all persons who believe in (at least some of) the basic fundamental tenets of Christianity, or who practice Christian religious rituals, or both. ChristianPerson Christian Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsMsiok4dQdmWE400a3R3aA" class="cyc_term">Theist</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> that beliefs in the existence of at least one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">God</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvbK69JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Atheist</a>. theist Theist The collection of all persons who believe in (at least some of) the basic fundamental tenets of Christianity, or who practice Christian religious rituals, or both. ChristianPerson Christian Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString Any person who is a member of some Religion. A believer by default. ReligiousPerson religious person PersonTypeByReligion A collection of collections. This collection exists to make it easier to refer to that dimension or facet of a person's behavior, attitudes, and beliefs (culture) which derives from, or is influenced by, the person's overarching `religious' beliefs, practices, and affiliations. Note that `religion' and `religious' are understood here in a rather broad sense. Many practicing Catholics do not believe in the Catholic Church's official teachings regarding Christian history or the significance of Jesus; many people who call themselves Jews do not observe any of Judaism's rituals. But it is still useful to distinguish a `religious' mode of belief, activity, and group belonging, and to categorize people using these criteria. (Jewishness is a notable special case, where the term may designate both an ethnic, kinship-based, primordial sense of identity and belonging, AND a set of religious beliefs and practices). type of person classified by religion The collection of all persons who believe in (at least some of) the basic fundamental tenets of Christianity, or who practice Christian religious rituals, or both. ChristianPerson Christian The collection of all persons who believe in (at least some of) the basic fundamental tenets of Christianity, or who practice Christian religious rituals, or both. ChristianPerson Christian