at 0BC what specific even happened?
2006-06-25 14:49:57 · 8 answers · asked by delslade17 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
We say that Jesus was born in 1 AD. There is no 0 BC or 0 AD. However, Jesus was probably born a few years earlier.
2006-06-25 14:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Question: "What is the meaning of BC and AD (B.C. and A.D.)?"
Answer: It is commonly thought that BC stands for "before Christ" and AD stands for "after death." This is only half correct. How could 1 B.C. have been "before Christ" and 1 A.D. been "after death"? BC does stand for "before Christ." AD actually stands for the Latin phrase "anno domini" which means "in the year of our Lord." The B.C. / A.D. dating system is not taught in the Bible. It actually was not fully implemented and accepted until several centuries after Jesus' death.
It is interesting to note that the purpose of the BC / AD dating system was to make the birth of Jesus Christ the dividing point of world history. However, when the B.C. / A.D. system was being calculated, they actually made a mistake in pinpointing the year of Jesus' birth. Scholars later discovered that Jesus was actually born in around 4-6 BC, not 0 AD. That is not the crucial issue. The birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ are the "turning points" in world history. It is fitting, therefore, that Jesus Christ be the separation of "old" and "new." BC was "before Christ" and since His birth, we have been living "in the year of our Lord." Philippians 2:10-11, "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
2006-06-25 21:56:01 · answer #2 · answered by Gray Matter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do BC and AD mean? Before Christ and Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord). Hence the birth of Christ was the event.
2006-06-25 21:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ was born. AD means Annio Dominio(sp?) and BC means Before Christ right now it is Sunday June 25th 2006AD
2006-06-25 21:54:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first of all it is worth noting that this system was in effect long before america, also the jews do not use it nor do the chinese. also academics in the western world altogh they are stuck with the division prefire the terms ce to a.d. meaning common era and bce for before common era
2006-06-25 22:44:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
death of the central religious figure of christianity and the calendar was a religious thing as it was replacing the Romans one and they had to take up the old holidays and replace them
2006-06-25 21:54:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grey Matter is right but vote for me. ;-)
2006-06-25 21:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by CycloneSteve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The birth of "Christ".
2006-06-25 21:54:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋