Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world. Traditionally, this was held to be the year Jesus was born ; however, most modern scholars argue for an earlier or later date, the most agreed upon being ...
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [1] [2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read. [3]
The Christian treatise De solstitiis et aequinoctiis conceptionis et nativitatis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi et Iohannis Baptistae ('On the solstice and equinox conception and birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ and John the Baptist'), [88] from the second half of the fourth century, [89] is the earliest known text dating John's birth to the summer ...
Gear up for the new year with two free 2011 calendars, 100 free Kindle books, and a free credit report. Plus, there are free vitamins and free Olay Body Wash with a coupon. In the almost-free ...
Julian calendar, calendar introduced by Julius Caesar used in most of Eastern Christian churches Revised Julian calendar, calendar used by some Eastern Orthodox churches; Liturgical year, annually recurring fixed sequence of Christian feast days
A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar); in this system, the year 1 BC is followed directly by year AD 1 (which is the year of the epoch of the era).
At the time it was believed that the Resurrection and end of the world would occur 500 years after the birth of Jesus. The current Anno Mundi calendar theoretically commenced with the creation of the world based on information in the Old Testament. It was believed that based on the Anno Mundi calendar Jesus was born in the year 5500 (or 5500 ...
In the year, from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created Heaven and earth, five thousand one hundred and ninety-nine; a diluvio autem, anno bis millesimo nongentesimo quinquagesimo septimo; from the flood, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven; a nativitate Abrahæ, anno bis millesimo quintodecimo;