{"id":18986,"date":"2024-11-27T02:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T02:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18986"},"modified":"2026-09-19T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:04:09","slug":"is-lorraine-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/is-lorraine-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine Is Not in the Bible \u2014 but Joan of Arc Was Born There"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Lorraine is not in the Bible. It is a region of France, and its most famous daughter was a teenage girl who said she heard voices and was burned for it. Where the name comes from Lorraine descends from Lotharingia \u2014 the kingdom of Lothair, a grandson of Charlemagne, carved out when the Frankish empire was divided in the ninth century. Over the next thousand years the territory was fought over, partitioned, annexed and returned more times than is easy\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorraine is not in the Bible. It is a contested French borderland, and Joan of Arc was born there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20960,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/bruce-bible-name-origin\/","url_meta":{"origin":18986,"position":0},"title":"Bruce Is Not in the Bible \u2014 and the Spider Story Is Not True","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"12\u6708 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce is not in the Bible, and the spider in the cave almost certainly never happened.","rel":"","context":"Christian Education","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00339.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00339.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00339.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00339.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18890,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/lincoln-bible-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":18986,"position":1},"title":"Lincoln Is Not in the Bible \u2014 but the Second Inaugural Is Full of It","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"12\u6708 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Lincoln is not in the Bible. 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