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To: fidelis

Naah, no reason to be upset with the relabeling.

BCE = Before Christian Era.
CE = Christian Era.

:-)


26 posted on 11/12/2017 5:57:25 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

That’s how I usually handle it too. :)


46 posted on 11/12/2017 7:27:46 PM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; fidelis

I recall specifically being taught in 3rd grade Catholic school that BC = Before Christ” and AD = After Death” ...

I wondered for some time how time was marked during “Christ’s ~ 33 years on earth ... now I only worry about the 7 days between Christmas and New Year’s Day. ;-)


71 posted on 11/13/2017 3:50:26 PM PST by Tunehead54
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Instead of AD and BC
CE and BCE are used in exactly the same way as the traditional abbreviations AD and BC.

AD is short for Annus(sic) [actually, Anno] Domini,
Latin for year of the Lord.
BC is an abbreviation of Before Christ.
Because AD and BC hold religious (Christian) connotations, many prefer to use the more modern and neutral CE and BCE to indicate if a year is before or after year 1.

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/ce-bce-what-do-they-mean.html


72 posted on 11/13/2017 5:14:14 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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