Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era. The two notation systems are numerically equivalent: "2022 CE" and "AD 2022" each describe the current year; "400 BCE" and "400 BC" are the same year.

Comment: enCommon Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era. The two notation systems are numerically equivalent: "2022 CE" and "AD 2022" each describe the current year; "400 BCE" and "400 BC" are the same year.
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Has abstract: enCommon Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era. The two notation systems are numerically equivalent: "2022 CE" and "AD 2022" each describe the current year; "400 BCE" and "400 BC" are the same year. The expression traces back to 1615, when it first appeared in a book by Johannes Kepler as the Latin: annus aerae nostrae vulgaris (year of our common era), and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar Era". The term "Common Era" can be found in English as early as 1708, and became more widely used in the mid-19th century by Jewish religious scholars. Since the later 20th century, BCE and CE have become popular in academic and scientific publications because BCE and CE are religiously neutral terms. They are used by others who wish to be sensitive to non-Christians by not explicitly referring to Jesus as "Christ" nor as Dominus ("Lord") through use of the other abbreviations.
Hypernym: Era
Is primary topic of: Common Era
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SameAs: Bizim era; Bizning era; Comh-Ré; Common Era; Common Era; Dómina común; Era commun; Era Comum; Era común; Era común; Era comuna; Era comună; Èra comuna; Era Umum; Era volgare; Ère commune; Fvt.; Gangbare jaartelling; Karaniwang Panahon (kalendaryong Gregoryano); m.01tpy; Milat; Naše štetje let; Náš letopočet; Naszej ery; Nia erao; Nova era; Okkar tímatal; Oraingo Aroa; Q208141; Vår tideräkning; Vår tidsregning; Vor tidsregning; z3sD; Κοινή Χρονολογία (χρονολόγηση); Безнең эра; Біздің заман; Вайн эра; Наша ера; Наша ера; Наша эра; Наша эра; Մեր թվարկություն; איצטיקע צייט-רעכענונג; الحقبة العامة; عام زمانہ; گاه‌شماری دوران مشترک; आम युग; সাধারণ সাল (কমন এরা); பொது ஊழி; సామాన్య శకం; ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಯುಗ; കോമൺ ഇറ; පොදු යුගය; สากลศักราช; 公元; 西暦
SeeAlso: Anno Domini
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