Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Dates such as 2008 AD being changed to 2008 CE


Memory Map - Cambridge
Originally uploaded by Jon Block
Anno Domini, "in the year of our Lord," is being phased out by many sources, to be replaced by the term CE, "in the common era." CE is seen as less culturally biased by people who are not Christian. The companion term will be BCE, "before the common era."

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