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October 30, 2004
CE BCE BC AD
CE(Common Era) = AD(Anno Domini, or the year of the Lord).
BCE(Before Common Era) = BC(Before Christ).
CE and BCE are eventually expected to replace AD and BC.
From http://www.religioustolerance.org/ce.htm:
"Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia" states that the new notation is used by "Many non-Christians or secular persons." However, we suspect that the majority of users are actually Christians who want a notation that does not offend or distress persons of other religions.
The word "common" simply means that this is the most frequently used calendar system: the Gregorian Calendar. There are many religious calendars in existence, but each of these are normally in use in only a small geographic area of the world -- typically by followers of a single religion.
Also refer to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
Posted by Roy at October 30, 2004 03:47 PM