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  2. [1] B.C. stands for "before Christ" and AD, stands for "Anno Domini": "in the year of the Lord." Both are references to Jesus. Because Jews do not believe in the divinity of Jesus, they use the abbreviations BCE, for "Before the Common Era" (that is, before the year 1), and CE, for "Common Era" (that is, after the year 1). See for this:

  3. Anno Domini - Wikipedia

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    The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" [ 1 ] but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", [ 2 ] [ 3 ] taken from the full original phrase " anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi ...

  4. Common Era - Wikipedia

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    Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the original Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC) notations used for the same calendar era. The two ...

  5. Ante Christum natum - Wikipedia

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    , A.C.N., or ACN, denotes the years before the birth of Jesus Christ. [2] It is a Latin equivalent to the English "BC" ("before Christ"). The phrase ante Christum natum is also seen shortened to ante Christum ("before Christ"), similarly abbreviated to a. Chr., A. C. or AC.

  6. Pre-existence of Christ - Wikipedia

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    John 17:24 also refers to the Father loving Jesus "before the foundation of the world". [2] Ephesians 1:4–5, [3] 2 Corinthians 8:9, Galatians 4:4 and Colossians 1:15–17 show that Paul knew the pre-existence of Christ. [4] The pre-existence of Christ is affirmed at the Beginning of the Nicene Creed. [5]

  7. Forensic science reveals how Jesus really looked - AOL

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    Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from the material. They used a computer program to reverse the aging process.

  8. Christianity in the ante-Nicene period - Wikipedia

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    The predominant eschatological view in the Ante-Nicene period was Premillennialism, the belief of a visible reign of Christ in glory on earth with the risen saints for a thousand years, before the general resurrection and judgment. [6] Justin Martyr and Irenaeus were the most outspoken proponents of premillennialism. Justin Martyr saw himself ...

  9. Timeline of religion - Wikipedia

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    9130 BCE – 7370 BCE: This was the apparent period of use of Göbekli Tepe, one of the oldest human-made sites of worship yet discovered; evidence of similar usage has also been found in another nearby site, Nevalı Çori. [13] 7500 BCE – 5700 BCE: The settlements of Çatalhöyük developed as a likely spiritual center of Anatolia. Possibly ...