Breaking with centuries of tradition, the terms BC and AD are to be replaced with a system known as the Common Era. The two dating schemes are identical and both use the birth of Christ as their starting points, but the secular version does not acknowledge this.Breaking with centuries of tradition, the terms BC and AD are to be replaced with a system known as the Common Era

What is the replacement for BC and AD?

The BBC has been accused of absurd political correctness after dropping the terms BC and AD in case they offend non-Christians. The Corporation has replaced the familiar Anno Domini (the year of Our Lord) and Before Christ with the obscure terms Common Era and Before Common Era.

Is CE used instead of BC?

Simply put, BCE (Before Common Era) is a secular version of BC (before Christ). CE (Common Era) is the secular equivalent of AD (anno Domini), which means “in the year of the Lord” in Latin. A timeline showing that BC and AD mean the same thing as BCE and CE.

Why has CE replaced BC?

BCE/CE continues to be used because it is more accurate than BC/AD. Dionysius had no understanding of the concept of zero and neither did Bede. The calendar they dated events from, therefore, is inaccurate. The year 1 AD would follow 1 BC without a starting point for the new chronology of events.

Whats the highest BC year?

There is a correct answer: It was 46 BC. Julius Caesar stretched that year out to a whopping size.