nowadays, people call it B.C.E, meaning before common era. so what was B.C.?
2006-09-27 05:06:13 · 14 answers · asked by perfect_hmongster 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Before Christ. European calendars were referenced (as best possible) to the birth of Christ. All dates before were just that Before Christ. All dates after that were AD Anno Domini year of our Lord.
My question would be who changed it and why? It was probably for some BS reason. And we all know what that means.
2006-09-27 06:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ
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British Columbia
2006-09-27 12:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by betterlife_travel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is still used, just only by Christians. It means Before Christ. It was secularized by historians to BCE because not everyone is Christian.
They also changed AD (Anno Domini - 'In the Year of our Lord') to CE (Common Era) for the same reason.
2006-09-27 14:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by John J 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It stands for Before Christ, meaning just that; years before the birth of Jesus, Our Savior. It refers to the exact same thing as B.C.E., where the only difference is that people are trying to take separation of church and state to an extreme, as if to make this an atheist country or something.
2006-09-27 12:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
British Columbia
2006-09-27 21:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by pixles 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Before Christ
2006-09-27 13:48:44 · answer #6 · answered by jakesmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ
2006-09-27 12:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u have sufficient answers..i just wanted toadd to ur knowledge that everyone knows what BC is but most people are confused about AD....they say after death of jesus christ..this is wrong....it means anno domino..it means the period when he was born.
2006-09-29 23:50:04 · answer #8 · answered by tanker just 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you are talking about periods of time, it means "Before Christ"
2006-09-27 12:13:43 · answer #9 · answered by DeeDee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT STANDS FOR BEFORE CHRIST
2006-09-27 14:35:49 · answer #10 · answered by DODGERS GURL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋