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To: vladimir998

“They got the calendar from us.”

From the article: “As far as we know, the AD system was developed by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus in Rome in 525, as an outcome of his work on calculating the date of Easter. It was especially at the time of Charlemagne (8th Century) that the AD dating system become widespread in Western Europe. However, the calculations as to the exact year of Christ’s birth were not perfect and today, by surveying history and the data of Scripture it now seems rather more certain that Christ was born closer to what we call today 3 – 6 BC.”

Sounds like you screwed the calendar up. Didn’t do all that well on the canon, either...


3 posted on 01/03/2010 6:23:05 AM PST by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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To: Mr Rogers

You wrote:

“Sounds like you screwed the calendar up.”

I don’t see you abandoning it.

“Didn’t do all that well on the canon, either...”

The Holy Spirit did just fine, thanks.


4 posted on 01/03/2010 6:28:27 AM PST by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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