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What do the initials BC, AD, CE, BCE and the term Circa, when used with years, stand for? BC means “Before Christ”, and refers to years before the year in which Jesus Christ... ... You're reading What do the initials BC, AD, CE, BCE and the term Circa, when used with years, stand for?
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Common Era - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Common Era , abbreviated as CE , is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used world-wide for numbering the year part of the date. The numbering of years using Common Era notation is ...
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Is calling this dating BCE/CE really any different than saying BC/AD as an accepted abbreviation without reference to Jesus? I don’t see how it is. And you have to change even less ... response to comments about my recent bce/ce vs. bc/ad essay « The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill // 10/02/2009 at 18:08 | Reply...
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RESPONSE:; B.C. is generally thought to mean "before Christ," and has been used to date events before the birth of Jesus. A.D. is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase anno Domini, which means "in the year of our Lord," and is used for dates after the birth of Jesus. ... QUESTION:; What do BC, AD, CE, and BCE stand for?
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Bob Cargill has an article up on Bible and Interpretation discussing the need to abandon the BC/AD designations in favor of the more handy BCE/CE. I, for one, am in perfect ... By: response to comments about my recent bce/ce vs. bc/ad essay « The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill on October 2, 2009 at 3:21 pm...
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