2006-07-20 14:02:16 · 21 answers · asked by ₦âħí»€G 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BC = Before Christ. AD= Latin for anno Domini=in the year of our lord. many non Christians Use CE = common/christian ERA, in place of AD. also they use BCE=Before Common / Christian ERA. in place of BC. ( SIDEBAR PLEASE ) almost All Biblical Scholars believe that Dionysius Exiguss ,the monk who invented Anno Domini, was incorrect in his calculation and claim Jesus birth was between 8BC and 4BC. according to Luke And Matthew,Herod the Great Was alive When Jesus was Born, Herod's Death was in 4BC..
2006-07-20 17:06:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
BC means "Before Christ" and AD means "Anno Domini" which is Latin for "in the year of our Lord" meaning in the year that Jesus was born. AD does NOT mean "after death" as in after the death of Christ. The posts with that assertion are just flat out wrong. AD means "Anno Domini" which is a year belonging to the Lord or of the Lord which is "the year of the advent of his birth and all subsequent years."
If the calendar got Christ's birth right, and it didn't, but, anyway, according to the calendar, December 31, 1BC is the last day before Christ was BORN. He was born in the wee hours of the morning of the very next day, January 1st, the year 1 AD (if the calendar is right). Note that there is no year zero (zero, an Arabic conception, hadn't been invented yet, neither had the cadinal numbering system nor cartesian coordinates).
All this had to be computed and backed-into once the calendar was readjusted to reflect this numbering.
2006-07-20 14:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. AD is Anno Domini. (Which refers not to after death but rather, after birth.) The confusion over this issue is one of the reasons that so many have started using BCE and CE. "Before the Common Era" and "Common Era". There was no "gap" of time from BC to AD. There wasn't even a year 0 in there.
But the Christians didn't decide to create this new calendar until hundreds of years later, so they got the year wrong. Current thought places the birth at either 5 BC or 3 BC. It depends on which eclipse was correct.
Research it. There are many better sources than to ask a question on Yahoo Answers.
2006-07-20 14:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC=Before Christ...
AD=Anno Domini
2006-07-20 14:04:07 · answer #4 · answered by Pikachu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC means Before Christ. AD means Anno Domini, which is latin, and means, "In the year of our Lord," which signifies the fact that Jesus rose from the dead and is now alive.
2006-07-20 14:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by Rebecca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini (Latin for Year of the Lord)
Now it is being transferred to BCE and CE
BCE = Before Common Era
CE= Common Era
2006-07-20 14:05:25 · answer #6 · answered by azmurath 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC = Before Christ
AD = Anno Domini ( In the year of our Lord)
2006-07-20 20:05:32 · answer #7 · answered by sunilbernard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC is Before Christ...
AD is Anno Domini ( in the year of our Lord )
2006-07-20 14:05:25 · answer #8 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC is the day before Christ was born and AD one day after he was born.
2006-07-20 14:08:22 · answer #9 · answered by ricardocoav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC= before Christ
AD= Anno Domini (in the year of our lord i think)
2006-07-20 14:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by bobatemydog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋