Arab Christians

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Arab Christians (Arabic: الْمَسِيحِيُّون الْعَرَب, romanized: al-Masīḥiyyūn al-ʿArab) are the Arabs who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who live in the Middle East was estimated in 2012 to be between 10 and 15 million. Arab Christian communities can be found throughout the Arab world, but are concentrated in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Syria and Egypt, with smaller communities present throughout the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa. The history of Arab Christians begins with the history of Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia, which coincides with the history of Eastern Christianity and the history of the Arabic language. Arab Christian communities either result from pre-existing Christian communities adopting the Arabic language, or from pre-existing Arabic-speaking communities adopting Christianity. The jurisdictions of three of the five patriarchates of the Pentarchy primarily became Arabic-speaking after the early Muslim conquests – the Church of Alexandria...

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