Actually it’s BC to BCE and AD to CE.
I’ve challenged many on the internet for this corruption of the terms BC and AD.
For those in learning mode BCE is defined as ‘Before Common Era’ and was meant to replace BC or Before Christ. CE is defined as ‘Common Era’ and is meant to replace AD or Anno Domini which is latin for ‘Year of Our Lord’.
Non-Christians are behind the altering of these terms because of racism or something. Actually the terms were originally configured as BCE meaning Before Christian Era and CE meaning Christian Era. But this posed the problem of having to explain the meaning of the word ‘Christian’ to non-Christians. So they changed it to Before Common Era/Common Era.
To me it reveals insecurity and fear on the part of non-Christians and it reveals what certain groups will do to suppress Christian heritage. To me if there was an objection to BC/AD, the complainers could adopt their own calendar conventions. For example, it is 5774 in Hebrew years. But by altering the Christian calendar conventions, non-Christians encroach upon Christianity because they publish the altered conventions in media that is international.
A reasonable mature adult publisher would for example list the Hebrew year 5774 and put in parentheses (3761 BC). But the encroachment action is chosen because the publishers and writers are not mature and not wise.
Thanks for the clarification.
Being a post depression era Okie, schools always taught BC meant Before Christ and AD was simply After Death, tho we were taught AD meant Anno Domini.
Lately I seem to know a lot more than I actually know.