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

In the meaning of years we have A.D. and B.C. What does it mean?? example (700 B.C. and then 1300 A.D.)

What does B.C. and A.D. mean????
before christ and anno domini





many people thing AD means after death, but that's impossible because if you think about it, it would imply that christ only lived a year.
Reply:A.D. means "In the time of the Lord".





B.C. means "Before Chrsit."
Reply:Before Christ After death
Reply:B.C. means "Before Christ"


A.D. is latin meaning "Anno Domini" After death
Reply:Before Chrisrt and after death
Reply:B.C. is before Christ referring to the period before the Birth of the savior of the Christian faith Jesus Christ





A.D. is Anni Domini which means in the year of our Lord





A monk named Dionysus Exiguus invented the datingg system A.D. around the year 535 A.D. i am not sure were or when B.C. came from





However this datin method was first made popular by the Venerable Bede a Angelo Saxon monk
Reply:bc = before christ


ad = anno domini translates to after death roughly from latin
Reply:before christ and after death.
Reply:Before Christ





After Death
Reply:Most all of these are right...


AD = Anno Domini, or In The Year of our Lord


BC = Before Christ





One other tidbit you may or may not know is that the way we track BC time is backward. For instance the year 1 B.C. was one year before Christ was born. The year 100 B.C was 100 years before Chist was born. The bigger the number the further back you go.
Reply:B.C. means Before Christ. THat's the time period before Jesus Christ came to earth. A.D. means anno domini, which is the tiem period after the arrival of Jesus Christ. We now live in AD
Reply:B.C. =Before Christ A.D. = After death
Reply:b.c means before christ and a.d means anno domini
Reply:BC means Before Christ.


AD Means After Christ's Birth (Anno Domini).





Interestingly, most people think AD means After Death, which would leave us a 33 year gap in recorded time while Christ was alive.
Reply:BC is before Christ and ad is after death i know its true because 3 scientist told me!
Reply:bc meand before christ. does this help
Reply:befroe christ and after death(of christ)
Reply:BC=Before Christ





AD=Anno Domini (Latin for "In the year of our Lord")





Many historians have also begun using BCE (Before the Common Era) instead of BC.
Reply:B.C. = Before Christ. Nowadays they more commonly use B.C.E. which is Before the Christian Era (so as not to imply belief in Christ themselves, which could offend someone.)


A.D. = Anno Domini, which is Latin for "year of our lord"
Reply:before christ after death
Reply:b.c. - before christ and a.d.- is something in latin
Reply:B.C. means Before Christ Died! A.D. means After Christ Died!
Reply:Very simply, Before Christ and After the Death of Christ.
Reply:before Christ (life)and after death (of Christ)
Reply:B.C. - Be fore Christ A.D.- Anno Domini- In the year of our Lord( so after Christ's birth) A. D. Does NOT mean after death!
Reply:Before Christ and Anno Domini


BC succeds the number, but AD precedes it. AD1600, or 30,000 BC.
Reply:AD = Anno Domini, or In The Year of our Lord





BC = Before Christ
Reply:B.C. stands for the years that came before Christ.


A.D. stands for anno domini, which translates to "in the year of our Lord" and stands for the years after Christ.


C.E. is used in non-Christian countries and religions to signify the same time span as A.D. and means common era.


B.C.E. means before the common era.
Reply:Reference Jackson who gave an answer; he or she is correct in their reply.
Reply:Before Christ and After Death.
Reply:Before Christ and Anno Domini (in the year of our lord). Anno Domini does NOT mean after death.





"Anno Domini(Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"), abbreviated as AD or A.D., defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ, (From Ancient Greek "Christos" or Saviour) abbreviated as BC or B.C., is used in the English language to denote years before the start of this epoch." wikipedia.org





AD DOES NOT MEAN AFTER DEATH!!!!!!!!!!