2007-03-12 19:50:45 · 9 answers · asked by Melvin P 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
A=Anno D=Domini Latin for Year of our Lord. It began at 0 - Christ's birth. Therefore, it began 2007 years ago.
2007-03-12 20:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by ohenamama 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A.D. stands for Anno Domini (Latin : "In the year of (Our) Lord" defines an epoch(instant chosen as the origin of a particular time scale) based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Although scholars generally believe that Christ was born some years before A.D. 1, the historical evidence is too sketchy to allow a definitive dating.
The Anno Domini system was developed by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus (born in Scythia Minor) in Rome in 525.
Today, AD is often mistaken for meaning "after death (of Jesus)". If this were true, however, there would then be a 33-year gap in the calendar, as Jesus died at 33 years of age.
2007-03-13 03:02:29 · answer #2 · answered by alicia 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's an acronym for Annio Domini which is latin for in theYear of our Lord. It's been around for about 1900 years, I think.
2007-03-13 02:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by JIMBUS_35 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anno Domini (year of Our Lord) Birth of Christ.
(Not particularly MY Lord, but that's what is means)
2007-03-13 02:53:54 · answer #4 · answered by George Bailey 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A.D.after the death of christ.
A.D Active Directory Novel started it in the late 80 I think
2007-03-13 03:03:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What's all this "Anno Dimini"? I thought A.D. stood for "after death" meaning after the death of Christ. Ofcourse, these days it's called A.C.E. (after Christian era).
2007-03-13 03:00:30 · answer #6 · answered by Charles 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it's short for "ano domieni" or something like that and it's latin. I believe it means "The year of our Lord."
I'm not aware of when it started.
2007-03-13 02:59:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it mean after Christ was born that what it means in English, a means after i for get the word they used but it less you know the english meaning.
2007-03-13 02:56:07 · answer #8 · answered by i,m here if you need to talk. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
B.C. before Christ
A.D. after death
duh its in the bible
2007-03-13 03:20:45 · answer #9 · answered by debrasearch 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋