Assertion: formal creed | /r/CapableOf | develop as aid
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in maintaining continuity
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When, however, a religion is transmitted from one culture to another (as from Semitic to Hellenistic; i.e., Palestine to Rome) or claims some degree of universal or exclusive truth, formal creeds often develop as aids in maintaining continuity and identity.