2007-11-28 18:20:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Because the Christians took over the entire western world and our calendar (the Gregorian calendar) is based off of Christian historical dates. BC means "Before Christ" and typically means before the birth of Christ. AD means Ano Domine in Latin or "Year of God" or "Year of Our Lord", and typically represents sometime after the birth of Christ (not After Death).
2007-11-28 18:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by Socks 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ = BC
After Christ Birth = AD
2007-11-28 18:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Educators and historians say schools from North America to Australia have been changing the terms "Before Christ," or B.C., to "Before Common Era," or B.C.E., and "anno Domini" (Latin for "in the year of the Lord") to "Common Era." In short, they're referred to as B.C.E. and C.E.
The life of Christ still divides the epochs, but the change has stoked the ire of Christians and religious leaders who see it as an attack on a social and political order that has been in place for centuries.
For more than a century, Hebrew lessons have used B.C.E. and C.E., with C.E. sometimes referring to Christian Era.
The terms B.C. and A.D. have clear Catholic roots. Dionysius Exiguus, an abbot in Rome, devised them as a way to determine the date for Easter for Pope St. John I. The terms were continued under the Gregorian Calendar, created in 1582 under Pope Gregory XIII.
Although most calendars are based on an epoch or person, B.C. and A.D. have always presented a particular problem for historians: There is no year zero; there's a 33-year gap, reflecting the life of Christ, dividing the epochs. Critics say that's additional reason to replace the Christian-based terms.
2007-11-28 18:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
BC after a date, means 'before Christ'.
AD after a date stands for 'anno Domini' in the Latin, which means 'in the year of the Lord'.
Hope I helped. God bless you.
2007-11-28 18:27:05 · answer #4 · answered by 1985 & going strong 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It marks years as Before Christ (B.C.) or Anno Domini (A.D. - Latin for "in the year of our Lord" or after the birth of Christ).
To be politically correct many people now use BCE and CE meaning "before the common era" and the "common era".
2007-11-28 18:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by mollyflan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BC= Before Christ
AD= After Death
2007-11-28 18:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by D3V!N 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is an interesting question as there are no water proof evidences that the Jesus mentioned in the Bible have existed at all. It could be a fiction or it might have taken place 2 hundred years before in Turkey of today.
2007-11-28 19:37:52 · answer #7 · answered by Realname: Robert Siikiniemi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, AD means Anno Domini: the year of our lord.
2007-11-28 18:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by Dawgindepark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because BC was before He was born?
don't really understand the question
2007-11-28 18:23:47 · answer #9 · answered by hopefully 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋