In the meaning of years we have A.D. and B.C. What does it mean?? example (700 B.C. and then 1300 A.D.)
2006-07-12 04:20:54 · 44 answers · asked by ERICKSMAMA 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
before christ and anno domini
many people thing AD means after death, but that's impossible because if you think about it, it would imply that christ only lived a year.
2006-07-12 04:21:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
B.C. is before Christ referring to the period before the Birth of the savior of the Christian faith Jesus Christ
A.D. is Anni Domini which means in the year of our Lord
A monk named Dionysus Exiguus invented the datingg system A.D. around the year 535 A.D. i am not sure were or when B.C. came from
However this datin method was first made popular by the Venerable Bede a Angelo Saxon monk
2006-07-12 06:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by Bob M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most all of these are right...
AD = Anno Domini, or In The Year of our Lord
BC = Before Christ
One other tidbit you may or may not know is that the way we track BC time is backward. For instance the year 1 B.C. was one year before Christ was born. The year 100 B.C was 100 years before Chist was born. The bigger the number the further back you go.
2006-07-12 04:39:51 · answer #3 · answered by smutz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. means Before Christ, in newer lingo it is sometimes changed to B.C.E. or Before the Christian (or Common) Era. A.D. is short for the latin Anno Domini, the Year of our Lord, which refers years after the birth of the Christian Messiah.
2006-07-12 04:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by boyhulga 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. - Be fore Christ A.D.- Anno Domini- In the year of our Lord( so after Christ's birth) A. D. Does NOT mean after death!
2006-07-12 04:23:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. stands for the years that came before Christ.
A.D. stands for anno domini, which translates to "in the year of our Lord" and stands for the years after Christ.
C.E. is used in non-Christian countries and religions to signify the same time span as A.D. and means common era.
B.C.E. means before the common era.
2006-07-12 04:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by gramma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ and Anno Domini (in the year of our lord). Anno Domini does NOT mean after death.
"Anno Domini(Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"), abbreviated as AD or A.D., defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ, (From Ancient Greek "Christos" or Saviour) abbreviated as BC or B.C., is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch." wikipedia.org
AD DOES NOT MEAN AFTER DEATH!!!!!!!!!!
2006-07-12 04:22:42 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. October 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. means Before Christ. THat's the time period before Jesus Christ came to earth. A.D. means anno domini, which is the tiem period after the arrival of Jesus Christ. We now live in AD
2006-07-12 04:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by brownie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC means Before Christ.
AD Means After Christ's Birth (Anno Domini).
Interestingly, most people think AD means After Death, which would leave us a 33 year gap in recorded time while Christ was alive.
2006-07-12 04:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by merigold00 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C. = Before Christ
A.D. = Anno Domoni (in the year of Our Lord)
Most scholars are replacing these with BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) to eliminate the religious undertones of the previous terms. But in either case, BC (now BCE) refers to years before the birth of Christ, and AD (now CE) refer to years afterwards, just bear in mind that there is now year zero, so the year 1 BC is followed by the year 1 AD.
2006-07-12 04:34:30 · answer #10 · answered by moonwatermuskoka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B.C. = Big COCKroach
and A.D. = Another Day
2006-07-12 04:27:06 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋