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The number of Christians in Lebanon has been disputed for many years. There has been no official census in Lebanon since 1932. Christians were still half the country by mid-century, but by 1985, only a quarter of all Lebanese were Christians. Many argue over the percentage and population of Christians in Lebanon. One estimate of the Christian share of Lebanon's population as of 2012 is 40.5%. Therefore, the country has the largest percentage of Christians of all the Middle Eastern nations. | |||
The '''Maronite Church''', an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Catholic Church, is the largest and politically most active and influential denomination of Lebanon's Christians. The '''Catholic Church''' also includes other Eastern Catholic churches, such as the '''Melkite Catholic''' Church. The '''Eastern Orthodox Church''' forms the second largest proportion of Lebanese Christians. The '''Armenian Apostolic Church''' also forms a large portion of the Christian population in Lebanon. | |||
The other six smaller Christian sects are considered ethnic Assyrians: '''(Syriac Orthodox, Syriac Catholics, Assyrian Church of the East and Chaldean Catholics)'''. | |||
The Protestant Christianity in Lebanon is the fourth largest Christian denomination among the Lebanese people, representing 1% of the Lebanese population. | |||
Most Protestants in Lebanon were converted by missionaries, primarily English and American, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They are divided into a number of denominations, including '''Presbyterian, Congregational, and Anglican'''. They are perceived by some to number disproportionately highly among the professional middle class. They constitute nearly 1 percent of the population (around 40,000) and live primarily in Beirut (Greater Beirut).<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Christianity in Lebanon", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Lebanon, accessed 12 April 2020. </ref><br> | |||
==Information Recorded in the Records== | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||