ok, bc ends at zero and ad then til 2007. In other words, how many years went by before ad came into the picture?
2007-05-29 14:23:12 · 12 answers · asked by science rules! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
but dont christians insist that the world is not that old
2007-05-29 14:28:22 · update #1
Figure that out and I'm thinking a Pulitzer prize is in your future.
2007-05-29 14:29:30 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A.D. is short for Anno Domini -- which basically means "in the year of Our Lord." By "Our Lord," the system is referring to Jesus Christ -- since it was developed in the Christian world.
So the measurement was created to measure years before and years after the birth of Christ. The monks who first calculated the way of measuring time using this system (during the Middle Ages). So . . . A.D. "1" was originally the year Christ was born, and "1" B.C. was the year just before Christ was born. (The monks were probably a little off in their calculations, because many scholars now think the year of Jesus Christ's birth was probably 3 or 4 B.C.)
This isn't the only way to measure time. The ancient Greeks measured time from one Olympic Games to the next.
And in many places, the years were numbered by the number of years of a reigning king or emperor. For example, when Japan got a new Emperor in A.D. 1989, that year could be known as "Heisei 1" -- that is, the first year of the Emperor Heisei Akihito -- so 2007 is "Heisei 17."
The Moslems measure time "Anno Hegirae" -- honoring the "Hijra" when Mohammed withdrew to Medina. This happened in A.D. 622 -- which makes A.D. 2007 basically the year "1428 A.H." for Moslems.
No one knows how many years there were "B.C." because we can't measure time into the distant past.
2007-05-29 14:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by snowlan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christ lived 32 Years.
Zero (BC) until 32 years later (AD) Pops
2007-05-29 14:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by Pops 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.D. is short for "Anno Domini", Latin for (the) Year of the Lord. The designation was applied, by Latin-speaking Christians, to all years beginning with the birth of Jesus Christ. It was in spoken use very early, but probably (I am not certain) began showing up in written use only after Pope Gregory XIII mandated the adoption of a new calendar in 1582.
More recently, non-Christians who don't wish to refer to years in the calendar as belonging to a Lord whom they do not acknowledge have suggested calling the years since the birth of Christ "C.E.", for "Common Era".
2007-05-29 14:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are 76 generations of men and one women that came to make Christ so I really don't know what you are talking about!!! The world is old even to Christians!
2007-05-29 14:35:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 07:05:18 · answer #6 · answered by truesdale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of the zero, there is no zero. 1B.C. to 1 A.D. But this dating did not exist until a much later time.
2007-05-29 14:29:17 · answer #7 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't really know of any Christians who insist the world is not that old. There is nothing is scripture that says that.
2007-05-29 14:31:09 · answer #8 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Billions.
2007-05-29 14:27:18 · answer #9 · answered by SARAH 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At the birth of Christ. BC- before Christ, AD-After death, (of sin).
2007-05-29 14:30:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋