BC refers to before christ &AD refers to after death what is the age called when christ lived ie.33years
2006-11-06 04:11:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I can see where the confusion arises, since BC stands for Before Christ and AD stands, not for after Death, but for Anno Domini - in the Year of our Lord. There's no gap, AD starts when Jesus was born. Most Christian countries use AD but there are different abbreviations of BC - in German it's v. Ch which means vor Christ - before Christ.
2006-11-07 02:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC stands for before Christ and AD is the shorthand for the Latin ANNO DOMINI which stands for in the year of our lord. therefore there is no year difference between the two
2006-11-08 10:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by pheonix_shadow12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, A.D. refers to "Anno Domine" , ie "year of the Lord", and is reckoned from the birth of Christ and not his death, so the 33 years of his life are included!
2006-11-06 12:21:34 · answer #3 · answered by Sherif B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ lived in BC , The calender did not start untill after his death
2006-11-08 12:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are misinformed. Traditionally measured, BC is before the birth and AD is everything after. AD does NOT mean after death. It is in Latin, Addo Domini - meaning the year of our Lord and is measured from the birth (or conception depending on the dogma you follow). Thus the crucifixion occurred in 33 AD.
2006-11-06 12:18:04 · answer #5 · answered by Charles 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
AD actually refers to Anno Domini, which is the year of our Lord and starts the year the Jesus was born.
2006-11-06 12:20:35 · answer #6 · answered by Cid 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD means Anno Domini which means the "Year of the Lord". It refers to the time since Christ was born, not since he died.
2006-11-06 12:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by Well, said Alberto 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Seeing that you’ve already been informed of the true meaning of AD, it just leaves me to say 'New Years Eve'.
2006-11-06 12:23:48 · answer #8 · answered by luckybutdim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could explain in detail but, Alberto and Charles are spot on concise and to the point thumbs up both.
2006-11-06 12:20:21 · answer #9 · answered by Quizard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD actually stands for Anno Domini, latin: "In the year of (Our) Lord.
2006-11-06 12:19:10 · answer #10 · answered by sugarplum9903 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋