What do A.D. and B.C. mean?

in reference to years?

What do A.D. and B.C. mean?
To elaborate on AD, it stands for anno domini, not after death like someone else said (thought a second opinion might clear some confusion). It is Latin for "in the year of our lord."





AD cannot stand for after death if BC means before Christ (which it does)...what about the 30 or so years between when Christ was alive?
Reply:History references for before and after Christ. However, in view of the fact that most of the world are not Christian, they are being replaced by CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era)
Reply:B.C.-Before Christ


A.D.-After Death
Reply:A.D. means Anno Domini and B.C. means before Christ.. and I think A.D. also means After Death
Reply:Ano Dio and before Christ
Reply:A.D = anno domini


B.C. = before christ
Reply:AD = anno domini





BC = Before Christ





Another way of saying "2007 AD" is:





"It is the two thousand seventh year of thy Lord."





Yet, this is a very old style of saying the year.
Reply:AD = After the Death of Jesus


BC = Before the birth of Christ
Reply:Anno Domini (Latin : "In the year of (Our) Lord"[1]), abbreviated as AD, defines an epoch based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth. AD is also an abbreviation for Christian Era.[2] Similarly, Before Christ (from the Ancient Greek "Christos" or "Anointed One", referring to Jesus), abbreviated as BC, is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch. Some prefer the alternatives 'CE' and 'BCE', arguing that they are more neutral terms.





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