BC and AD, BCE and CE: What’s the Difference?

  • CE – Common Era
  • BCE – Before the Common Era
  • AD – Anno Domini
  • BC – Before Christ

Difference between BC and AD, BCE and CE

  • BC full form Before Christ. Before Christ is used to talk about the time before Christ was born.
  • AD full form Anno Domini Anno Domini is Latin for ‘in the year of the Lord’ referring to the birth of Jesus.
  • CE full form Common Era. Jews and other non-Christians use the acronym ‘Common Era’ to refer to the same counting method that has become the civil date in much of the world.

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