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1 | how/when was BC/AD initiated? | Is 61:2 | reilly1041 | 88216 | ||
All right, let me withdraw this question. Emmaus pointed me to a link that answered it perfectly. A Roman monk in the 8th century counted back the years to Christ's birth and voila, we had BC/AD! Thanks, Emmaus! STephanie |
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2 | how/when was BC/AD initiated? | Is 61:2 | Truthfinder | 88219 | ||
Hi, When? If you notice, The New Catholic Encyclopedia says that Dionysius Exiguus, a Catholic monk, early in the "sixth" century, “was the first to date the Christian era by the birth of Christ, but he made a 4- to 7-year error.” Actually he made but a little over a year error. Truthfinder |
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