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2006-10-01 12:23:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
AD stands for Anno Domine, Latin for "in the year of our Lord" basically after Jesus lived
BC stands for before christ, english for "Before Christ"
2006-10-01 12:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by Bo Jangles 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A.D. stands for Anno Domini, which is latin for "In the year of our Lord", so 2006 A.D. means 2006 years after the birth of Jesus. Some people also refer to A.D. as After the Death of our Lord.
B.C. stands for Before Christ, so anything that happened prior to that event is dated B.C.
There is no logical reason why one should be in Latin and one in English, but in common usage, that's just the way it is. '
Does that help?
2006-10-01 19:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD stands for Anno Domini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anno_domini...
It defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
BC stands for Before Christ (the years before Christ was born)
AD 1 is the first year or epoch of the Anno Domini era. We are currently at year 2006 A.D. You start with when Jesus was born (year 1 A.D.) and then you go after that.
With BC, you start the year before Jesus was born. The year before Jesus was born was 1 B.C. For example, 10 years before Jesus was born is year 11 B.C. and 11 years after he was born is 11 A.D.
Note that the years start at 1 and not 0 - so remember the millenium? That was supposedly 2000 years after Jesus was born, but technically the millenium was 2001 since we started at 1 and not 0.
BCE: Before Common Era, the same as BC
CE: Common Era, the same as AD
2006-10-01 19:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by ĵōē¥ → đ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot assumes that Jesus was born on the year 0, which He wasn't.
Anno Domini (Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"), abbreviated as AD, defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ (from the Ancient Greek "Christos" or "Anointed One", referring to Jesus), abbreviated as BC, is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch.
Some non-Christians use the abbreviations AD and BC without intending to acknowledge the Christian connotation. Some people prefer the alternatives 'CE' and 'BCE', arguing that they are more neutral terms
2006-10-01 19:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A.D. stands for "anno domini", which is latin for "in the year of the lord". B.C. stands for 'before christ', as it's assumed christ was born in the year 0. The more common term used by historians is B.C.E (before common era).
2006-10-01 19:39:14 · answer #5 · answered by aoisora05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.D means the days After the death of Christ. Get it A.D. After Death.
B.C. means Before the birth of Christ. get it B.C. Before Christ.
2006-10-01 19:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by Tamiikaaa 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A. D is Anno Domini
which is Latin for " In the Year of Our Lord" referring to the Gregorian calendar system.
B. C. is "Before Christ"
although many people and historians are now using BCE for 'before the Christian Era" for the same dates.
2006-10-01 19:29:34 · answer #7 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
B.C means before Christ was born and A.D means after the death of Christ
2006-10-01 19:26:37 · answer #8 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wikipedia
"Anno Domini (Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"), abbreviated as AD, defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ (from the Ancient Greek "Christos" or "Anointed One", referring to Jesus), abbreviated as BC, is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch. Some non-Christians use the abbreviations AD and BC without intending to acknowledge the Christian connotation. Some people prefer the alternatives 'CE' and 'BCE', arguing that they are more neutral terms (see below)."
2006-10-01 19:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by michimee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A.D. means after death and B.C. means before Christ
2006-10-01 19:32:34 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋