what is the difference between AD and BCE/BC?
what is 180 AD in BCE or BC? are they convertible or completely different can you please simply define me the difference.. please dont give me links because i am sick of googling this stuff... just write a couple of lines thank you!
2007-04-01 10:28:59 · 13 answers · asked by Abdul S 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Seriously, BCE is "Before Common Era". CE is "Common Era".
BCE is the same thing as BC, only with a different name, and CE is the same thing as AD, only with a different name.
2000 BC = 2000 BCE
2000 AD = 2000 CE.
2007-04-01 10:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since not all of the world is Christian, some people prefer to use a dating system that isn't Christian either.
It would be way too awkward to change the numbers, so we use different letters. CE (common era) = AD (anno domini, year of our lord). BCE (before the common era) = BC (before Christ).
Completely convertible. It's just about the outlook of the writer.
2007-04-01 17:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BCE (Before Common Era) is used to remove the assumption that there was a Christ (As opposed to Before Christ) in an effort to separate religion from history. AD (After Death (of Christ) or Anna Domini) is rereplaced by CE (Common Era). So, BCE=BC, CE=AD...I hope that clears it up for you.
2007-04-01 17:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by hweaveriii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The subtleness of this is really ingenious, the PC brigade have by changing the time honored BC to BCE, have effectivly removed the Holy name of Christ at the stroke of a pen, BC meaning before Christ(Came) is now BCE meaning before Christian era, and not only that it seems to imply that Christianity is a thing of the past as well.
Many Christians even have never really noticed this themselves as we all live in times that anything goes and all is acceptable, what a shame!
2007-04-01 17:39:01 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
CE refers to Common Era, and is what used to be called AD or Ano Domini (the year of our lord.) CE is a secular way of recording dates and is what is commonly used in modern scholarship.
BCE refers to Before Common Era, and is what used to be called BC, Before Christ. Again, the secular equivalent.
100BC and 100BCE are the same, as are 100AD and 100CE.
2007-04-01 17:33:29 · answer #5 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BCE is "Before Christian Era" CE is "Christian Era" . This makes non-Christians feel better. AD is the same as CE, BC is same as BCE.
2007-04-01 17:32:48 · answer #6 · answered by Joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AD=CE
BC=BCE
You can't put BC/BCE in AD. You can put BCE/BC in AD, however.
5 BCE is -5AD.
But you're only going to see this in obscure Latin texts in phrases like "King Bob ruled from -10 to 30AD."
2007-04-01 17:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD = Anno Domini (In the year of our Lord) i.e after the alleged birth of Christ
BC / BCE = before it.
2007-04-01 17:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean CE/BCE -- Common Era, Before Common Era.
It's less ethnocentric.
2007-04-01 17:33:00 · answer #9 · answered by Contemplative Monkey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is A>D> and C>E> which refer to time after the birth of Christ.
B.C. and B.C.E. refer to before Christ. and the other before the Common Era.
2007-04-01 17:33:18 · answer #10 · answered by drg5609 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋