What does BC or AD mean?

Answer 1

BC is the Abbreviation for 'Before Christ', used in the Gregorian Calendar to refer to the era before the birth of Jesus Christ.

AD is the Abbreviation for Anno Domini , Latin for 'The Year Of Our Lord ', used in the Gregorian Calendar to refer to the current era

Answer 2

Ad means after Christ died And BC means befor christ.

Elizabeth L. AD after Jesus' death BC Before Christ A.D. means anno domini. It is latin for 'In the year of The Lord', or 'In the year of Our Lord'. It is usually understood to be year 1 in the Gregorian calander. B.C. means before common, current or christian era. This has recently been changed to B.C.E. for before common era. See the related link for more information.

Answer 3

It is commonly thought that BC stands for "before Christ" and AD stands for "after death." This is only half correct. How could the year 1 B.C. have been "before Christ" and 1 A.D. been "after death"? BC does stand for "before Christ." AD actually stands for the Latin phrase "anno domini" which means "in the year of our Lord."

Answer 4

In naming years, one practice is to use the term BC for Before Christ and AD for Anno Domini, which means in the year of our lord, however, for those who do not believe in that naming method will use the terms CE for Common Era and BCE for Before the Common Era.

Answer 5

BC------ stands for before Christ

Ad-------stands for Anno Domini. The term Anno Domini is Medieval Latin, translated as In the year of (the/Our) Lord)

Answer 6

I was taught that BC means Before Christ, and AD means After Death.