2006-07-06 00:00:03 · 8 answers · asked by shela 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
AD states for Ano Domini, which is Latin for "the year (anno) of our Lord (Domini)". Christians divide time between BC (Before Christ) and AD, with the birth of Jesus Christ as the dividing point. BC years count down to the birth of Christ (so 500 BC is earlier than 50 BC) while AD years count away from the birth of Christ (50 AD is early than 500 AD).
As part of the current effort to remove any refer to Christianity from society, BC and AD are often replaced with BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era). The year numbers remain unchanged. (500 BC is now 500 BCE and 2006 AD is now 2006 CE).
2006-07-06 00:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anno Domini
2006-07-06 03:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by v-rod 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.D. stands for anno domani.
That's Latin for "the year of our Lord". It refers to a date ( a year, like 2006...) counting forward in time from the death of Jesus, which was 2006 years ago.
It is popularly misinterpreted as standing for "after death", but that mistake also works, in a way.
2006-07-06 00:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by crazyotto65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'ano domini' which means which is the year jesus died. we are in the year 2006 A.D.
2006-07-06 00:08:04 · answer #4 · answered by The One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anno Domini, or "Year of Our Lord".
2006-07-06 00:04:04 · answer #5 · answered by Juejuefruits 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after death refering to whn jesus died on the cross for all of our sins . bc is before chirst referring to befroe he died on the cross for our sins!
2006-07-06 00:03:54 · answer #6 · answered by russdawg33 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after the death of christ!!
2006-07-06 00:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
after death of christ
2006-07-06 00:04:59 · answer #8 · answered by BigB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋