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1、ReligioninLebanon['lebənən]Lebanonhasseveraldifferentmain religions.ThecountryhasthemostreligiouslydiversesocietyintheMiddleEast,comprising18recognizedreligioussects. Themaintworeligionsare Christianity[,kristi'ænəti]基督教(the MaroniteChurch马龙礼教会,the EasternOrt
2、hodoxChurch东正教,the ArmenianApostolicChurch亚美尼亚使徒教会,the AssyrianChurchoftheEast东方亚述教会)and Islam伊斯兰教(Shia and Sunni什叶派和逊尼派).Thereisalsothe Druze德鲁兹派minorityreligion.ChristianityinLebanonIslaminLebanonDruzeinLebanonChristianityinLebanonhasalongandcontinuous(连续的)
3、historybeginningwiththevisitsofJesustothesouthernterritories(领土),whereheissaidtohaveperformedmanymiraculous(不可思议的)healings.BiblicalScripturesreveal(显示)thatPeterandPaulevangelized(传福音)thePhoenicians,whomtheyaffiliated(附属)totheancientpatriarchateofAntioch.Thesp
4、readofChristianityinMountLebanonwasveryslowwherepaganism(异教)persisted(存留)inmountaintop(山顶)strongholds(要塞).CurrentpoliticalandreligiousissuesTheMaroniteChurch,achurchin communion(共享) withtheRomanCatholicChurch,isthelargestandpoliticallymostactiveandinfluential
5、(有影响的) denomination(面额) ofLebanon‘sChristians.TheGreekOrthodoxChurchformsthesecondlargest proportion(比例)ofLebaneseChristians.TheArmenianApostolic,Churchalsoformsalarge portion(部分) oftheChristianpopulationinLebanon.OtherbranchesofChristianityincludingtheGreekM
6、elkiteCatholicChurch,anEasternCatholicChurch loyal(忠诚的) tothePope,areverycommoninLebanon.TheLatinRiteRomanCatholicChurch,theCopticChurch,theAssyrianChurchoftheEast,andtheSyriacOrthodoxarealsoimportantChristianchurcheswithinLebanon.ThesebranchesofChristianitya
7、revery influential(有影响的) indailybusinessandinthe economy(经济) ofLebanon.IntheLebaneseParliament,Christianshold64seatsin tandem(串联) with64Muslimseats.TheMaroniteCatholicchurchholds34seats,theGreekOrthodox14,andtheArmenian,GreekCatholic,andProtestantmakeuptherem
8、aining22.Westernculture,throughoutmostofitshistory,hasbeennearly equivalent(等价的) toChristianculture,andmanyofthepopulationoftheWestern hemisphere(半球)couldbroadlyChristianculturebedescribe
