2007-12-27 22:03:52 · 16 answers · asked by krishna t 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Earn,
you have a good point.
Has any one ever thought about why they use Jesus as the deviding point. Could He be important after all?
2007-12-27 22:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
BC does stand for "Before Christ."
AD actually stands for the Latin phrase "Anno Domini", which means "in the year of our Lord."
The B.C. / A.D. dating system is not taught in the Bible. It actually was not fully implemented and accepted until several centuries after Jesus' death.
It is interesting to note that the purpose of the BC / AD dating system was to make the birth of Jesus Christ the dividing point of world history. However, when the B.C. / A.D. system was being calculated, they actually made a mistake in pinpointing the year of Jesus' birth. Scholars later discovered that Jesus was actually born in around 4-6 BC, not 0 AD. That is not the crucial issue. The birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ are the "turning points" in world history. It is fitting, therefore, that Jesus Christ be the separation of "old" and "new." BC was "before Christ" and since His birth, we have been living "in the year of our Lord."
Philippians 2:10-11, "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
2007-12-28 06:10:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
B.C. stands for "Before Christ;" A.D. is an abbreviation for "Anno Domini," a Latin phrase that translates to "In the Year of Our Lord." Present-day dating tends to favor "B.C.E" and "C.E.," which stand for "Before the common era," and "Common Era," respectively.
2007-12-28 08:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by Dances with Unicorns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before Christ
Anno Domini
2007-12-28 06:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
B.C.- Before Christ
A.D.- Anno Domini (The year of our lord)
2007-12-28 06:20:25 · answer #5 · answered by Kyle J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I must point out to Bart that there is no such thing as the year nought. You are in either the year one or minus one. This is where all those people who thought the 3rd millenium commenced on 1st (or was it the 0th) January 2000 were in error. When there is anything to count we start at one not nought.
2007-12-28 06:48:36 · answer #6 · answered by Eddie D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.C is before CHrist and A.D. is a latin phrase for "in the year of our lord".
2007-12-28 06:09:17 · answer #7 · answered by Angel2007 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
B.C mean Before Christ and A.C mean After Death
2007-12-28 06:43:03 · answer #8 · answered by PRANIT D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
B.C. = before christ
A.D. = anno domini which means "in the year of (our) Lord"
2007-12-28 06:10:30 · answer #9 · answered by mr beer hunter 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Before Crist (year -xxx,0)
Anno Domini (year 0,present)
2007-12-28 06:09:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋