The Jacobites, today numbering some half a million, adhere to a branch of Christianity that is most commonly known as the Jacobite church. They are to be found mostly in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The Jacobites were one of the Eastern churches that espoused Monophysitism. The Monophysites of Syria came to be known as Jacobites, probably named after Jacob Baradai, a monk who lived in a monastery near Edessa.

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christianity

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counties and their cultures, jacobite church, jacobites, a branch of christianity, northern iraq and southeastern turkey, iraq ethnic communities

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