After resurection is more appropriate than after death. it tells that Christ is the risen lord and the lord of life!
2006-12-14 16:45:53 · 10 answers · asked by aqruipnos888 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A.D. stands for "Anno Domini" or "Year of the Lord"... not what you thought. Sorry.
Peace be with you.
2006-12-14 16:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
DC?? what is Batman involved in our Calendar?
I think you are talking about BC and AD
BC means Before Christ....like before he was born.
AD means Anno Domini...meaning Year of the Lord, as in after his birth.
It was a priestly man who came up with this distinction, no doubt from someone else's order and even work, but that aside. In the Christian faith, as far as I know Jesus' birth was the most important thing about the belief, not his death of afterlife. And what better way for a priest of the Catholic faith to seperate the two time periods for scientific cataloging and civic use than to base it around Jesus' birth?
oh and by the way, the BC and AD references are not used anymore by the science community. The correct phrasing is BCE, Before Common Era and CE, Common Era. The time, year zero, is still the same....but the catalogue wording is this now to suppliment and remove any reference to religion so that no one person, nation or religion would feel slighted over this overstep into religioussed biasness. I mean really, not everyone around is Catholic or even Christian.
2006-12-14 17:02:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.D. means in the year of our Lord, not after death. A.R. might have worked if they had planned for it in the beginning--but, now all the calenders would have to be severely changed.
2006-12-14 19:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be impossible. You see BC is before Christ, but AR would be 33 years later, so you would go from 1BC to 33AR apparently. You'd have to totally skip 33 years. Gone. That doesn't seem appropriate! AD, or anno domini means "in the year of our Lord" and we can logically go from 1BC to 1AD. AD doesn't mean After Death.
2006-12-14 16:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone believes in Christ and not everyone uses BC or AD either. Some people say BCe (Before the Common Era)
2006-12-14 16:50:23 · answer #5 · answered by reslstancelsfutlle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AD doesn't stand for After Death. It stands for Anno Domini, which is Latin for "In the Year of our Lord".
2006-12-14 16:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by Demon Doll 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A.D. actually stands for 'anno domini' which is latin for "year of our lord". It means year since christ was supposedly born, not 'after death'.
2006-12-14 16:52:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
AD doesnt mean "After Death" it means "Anno Domini" which means "Year of Our Lord"
2006-12-14 16:53:00 · answer #8 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I prefer BCE and CE - Before Common Era and Common Era. No religious connections at all! :)
2006-12-14 17:08:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did only a few of us stay awake in class?????
2006-12-14 16:54:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋