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Christian definitions of BCE and CE as "Before the Christian Era" and the "Christian Era" - includes how to use this in a classroom or academic setting as a simple, incidental, non-confrontational witness to Jesus
'''BCE''' is an [[abbreviation]] which actually means "'''B'''efore the '''C'''hristian '''E'''ra"—originally '''B.C.''', meaning "'''B'''efore [[Christ|'''C'''hrist]].
'''CE''' is an abbreviation which actually means "(of the) [[Christian|'''C'''hristian]] '''E'''ra, an abbreviation which exactly corresponds to [[Anno Domini|'''A.D.''' ''anno domini'']], the Latin term for "year of the Lord (Jesus Christ)".
== Christian witness ==
Christian students and academics and professional persons concerned about the change in designation of the numbered years of the common western calendar when in the public forum at school or work can easily adapt the abbreviations BCE and CE to Christian reality by always understanding them as a Christian dating system. As occasion presents itself they are encouraged to say "Before the Christian Era" and "Christian Era" as a simple, incidental, non-confrontational [[Christian apologetics|witness]] when giving oral presentations relating to historical periods with dates that are the same as dates B.C. ''before Christ'' and dates A.D. ''anno domini'' (year of the Lord).
== Origin of BCE and CE ==
The original use of the BCE and CE abbreviations was originally an [[Atheist]]ic and [[Liberal]] attempt to remove all reference to the birth of [[Jesus Christ]] from the modern western dating system by an aggressive insistence on [[Tolerance|toleration]] of non-Christian sensitivities in science and history by redefining the common dating system of the [[Gregorian Calendar]] established by the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Pope]], so that B.C. became B.C.E. "'''B'''efore the '''C'''ommon '''E'''ra". and A.D. was replaced by C.E. the "'''C'''ommon '''E'''ra".
== See also ==
'''[[CE]]'''<br>'''[[Persecution]]'''.
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'''CE''' is an abbreviation which actually means "(of the) [[Christian|'''C'''hristian]] '''E'''ra, an abbreviation which exactly corresponds to [[Anno Domini|'''A.D.''' ''anno domini'']], the Latin term for "year of the Lord (Jesus Christ)".
== Christian witness ==
Christian students and academics and professional persons concerned about the change in designation of the numbered years of the common western calendar when in the public forum at school or work can easily adapt the abbreviations BCE and CE to Christian reality by always understanding them as a Christian dating system. As occasion presents itself they are encouraged to say "Before the Christian Era" and "Christian Era" as a simple, incidental, non-confrontational [[Christian apologetics|witness]] when giving oral presentations relating to historical periods with dates that are the same as dates B.C. ''before Christ'' and dates A.D. ''anno domini'' (year of the Lord).
== Origin of BCE and CE ==
The original use of the BCE and CE abbreviations was originally an [[Atheist]]ic and [[Liberal]] attempt to remove all reference to the birth of [[Jesus Christ]] from the modern western dating system by an aggressive insistence on [[Tolerance|toleration]] of non-Christian sensitivities in science and history by redefining the common dating system of the [[Gregorian Calendar]] established by the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Pope]], so that B.C. became B.C.E. "'''B'''efore the '''C'''ommon '''E'''ra". and A.D. was replaced by C.E. the "'''C'''ommon '''E'''ra".
== See also ==
'''[[CE]]'''<br>'''[[Persecution]]'''.
[[category:Dictionary]]
[[category:History]]
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:Education]]