ok, i know that b.c stands for "before christ" but what does a.d stand for!? "After dinosaurs?"
2006-07-18 13:16:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-07-18 13:24:40 · update #1
i wanted to see what people would say!!!!
2006-07-18 13:25:45 · update #2
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."
2006-07-18 13:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by DJ 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anno Domini
2006-07-18 20:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anno Domini...meaning 'year of the Lord.'
Now, in yet another de-Christianizing of the world...it is BCE for 'before the common era,' and CE for' common era.'
2006-07-18 20:51:27 · answer #3 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anno domini which means "in the year of our lord".
2006-07-18 20:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by shibby34 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anno Domini - latin for "Year of our Lord"
2006-07-18 20:20:49 · answer #5 · answered by UCSteve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"anno domini" (the year of the Lord)
2006-07-18 20:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Anno Domini" which is Latin for, "in the year of the Lord".
2006-07-18 20:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by michelle112785 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anno domini
2006-07-18 20:20:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
anno domini. "in the year of our lord" = Latin
2006-07-18 20:20:46 · answer #9 · answered by clorox.bleech 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anno domini (latin = Year of our Lord)
2006-07-18 20:45:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋