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Lebanon
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The Assyrians are the remnants of the Nestorian Church that
emerged with the Christological controversies in the fifth century.
The Nestorians, who have a Syriac liturgy, stressed that Christ
consisted of two separate persons, one human and one divine, as
opposed to having two natures in one person. Their doctrine was
condemned by the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D. Subsequently, those
Nestorians who accepted this doctrine formed an independent church,
which has only a few thousand members in Lebanon.
Protestants
The 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, the
most important being Presbyterian, Congregational, and Anglican.
Typically, Lebanese Protestants are educated and belong to the
professional middle class. They constitute less than 1 percent of
the population and live primarily in Beirut.
Data as of December 1987
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