ad and bc and bce and ce

what does ad mean?

• anno domini

• after death

• african day

what does anno domini mean?

• latin phrase meaning in the year of our lord

• refering to the year of christ's birth

what does bc mean?

• before christ

• before cheese

• before china

• before calenders

2011 ad is intended to signify that it has been 2011 years since christ was born.

• true

• false

even though the bc/ad system of dating has christ as its central focus it is not found in the bible.

• true

• false

in most usages what does bce stand for

• before the common era

• before the calenders

what does ce mean

• common era

• calendar era

the word common in both instances refers to the date employed by the most commonly used calendar system, the gregorian calender.

• true

• false

400 bce is the same as 400 bc

• true

• flase

2011 ce is the same as 2011 ad

• true

• flase