So when we say we live in 2008, that's 2008 years after jesus' birth or resurrection?

Question

So when we say we live in 2008, that's 2008 years after jesus' birth or resurrection?

Answer 1

Actually, it's 2007 years after his death

Guys it's the year 2008, but it's 2007 years after his death, there was no year 0

Answer 2

His birth.

Answer 3

AD means Anno Domini or After Christ.  BC means before Christ.  If we used his death or resurrection, we would lose the 33 years of his life. So I would say that we start with his birth.

We are beginning to use BCE and ACE to mean Before the Common Era and After the Common Ear to satisfy non Christians.....I think it is ACE.  Ya might want to checki.

Answer 4

I think its his birth, as BC is Before Christ + we cant judge Before Christ when hes alive? thats grammatically incorrect.

Did you know we are also something like 50-100 years out of his birth anyway, but people just continued with their current year to avoid confusion..

Answer 5

Anno Domini [1] (Medieval Latin: In the year of (the/Our) Lord),[2][3] abbreviated as AD or A.D., is a designation used to number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. More fully, years may be also specified as Anno Domini Nostri Iesu (Jesu) Christi ("In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ").

The calendar era which it numbers is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus. Before Christ, abbreviated as BC or B.C., is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch.

Though the Anno Domini dating system was devised in 525, it was not until the 8th century that the system began to be adopted in Western Europe. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, even popes continued to date documents according to regnal years, and usage of AD only gradually became more common in Europe from the 11th to the 14th centuries.[4] In 1422, Portugal became the last Western European country to adopt the Anno Domini system.[4]

Year numbering using the Anno Domini system (or its related Common Era (CE) designation) is the most widespread numbering system in the world today. For decades, it has been the unofficial global standard, recognized by international institutions such as the United Nations and the Universal Postal Union. Its preeminence is due to the European colonisation of the Americas and the subsequent global spread of Western civilization with the introduction of European standards in the fields of science and administration. Its association with the Gregorian calendar was another factor which promoted the spread of the numbering system.

Traditionally, English copied Latin usage by placing the abbreviation before the year number for AD, but after the year number for BC; for example: 64 BC, but AD 2008. However, placing the AD after the year number (as in 2008 AD) is now also common. The abbreviation is also widely used after the number of a century or millennium, as in 4th century AD or 2nd millennium AD, despite the inappropriate literal combination in this case ("in the 4th century in the year of Our Lord").

Because B.C. is an abbreviation for Before Christ, some people incorrectly conclude that A.D. must mean After Death, i.e., after the death of Jesus

Answer 6

After his birth.  BC is commonly referred to as before Christ (though not the correct terms).  AD is Anno Domini (Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi-in the year of our lord).

Answer 7

Ok, everybody who says "after death" is wrong. Jen answered your question correctly:

"After his birth. BC is commonly referred to as before Christ (though not the correct terms). AD is Anno Domini (Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi-in the year of our lord)."

Anno Domini, people. A-n-n-o-D-o-m-i-n-i. NOT "after death". That doesn't even make sense ... What about that other 33 years?

Steph also brough up a good point, though he's also wrong about "after death":

"Guys it's the year 2008, but it's 2007 years after his death, there was no year 0"

He's right: Whatever "AD" refers to, it is 2007 years after that - not 2008, because the years start with 1, not 0. But AD refers to Christ's BIRTH, *not* his death.

Oh, and not his resurrection either.

Props to *Jen* for actually answering the question correctly. I just wanted to get all the correct information in one response.

Answer 8

No.  Somebody decided, on no good basis, that someone called Jesus was born on December 25th some number of years earlier.  If so, then it's difficult to imagine what flocks the shepherds were watching over.  Israeli sheep have lambs in spring rather than winter.  Anyway, this was decided upon several centuries after the reported events.

It's 2008 years after the probably-not-birth-year of Jesus.  A.D. stands for anno domini; medieval Latin for the year of our Lord.

Answer 9

A.D. = After Death 2008 AD

Answer 10

it is just an enforced standard of the former christian regime which is based on the birth date of the alleged jesus

there is no evidence that jesus actually existed in real life

the first mention of jesus was in the book of mark over 40 years after he supposedly died

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Answer 11

That's a very good question. But I'm not 100% sure of the answer. I'm thinking it's 2008 years after Jesus' death.

Answer 12

2008 A.D.

After Death.