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Samenvatting
- Francine is not in the Bible. It is the French diminutive of Françoise, feminine of François, “Frenchman,” from the Franks.
- The English words frank en franchise share that root: under Frankish rule the Franks were the free ones, so the name carries freedom twice over.
- Galatians 5:1 and 5:13 set the biblical shape of freedom — freed from a yoke, not freed from obligation, and given for serving one another.
- John 8:34-36 states the same thing: everyone who sins is a slave to sin, and the Son’s freeing is the real kind.
- Francis of Assisi was baptised Giovanni. His cloth-merchant father, who traded in France, nicknamed him Francesco — the little Frenchman. He then gave away everything his father sold.
Bibliografie (Klik om te tonen)
Sources: Behind the Name entries for Francine, Françoise and Francis; the Frankish origin of English “frank” and “franchise” is standard etymology. Scripture quotations from the NIV via BibleGateway (Galatians 5:1, 13; John 8:34, 36; 2 Corinthians 3:17; Isaiah 61:1; 1 Peter 2:16). The naming of Francis of Assisi follows the early lives by Thomas of Celano and Bonaventure.
