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Use B.C.E. and C.E. After
Dates
The constitution actually uses the term "the year of our
lord" once in the text. Let's not allow that antiquated convention to
be used today, especially in government documents.
The old nomenclature of B.C. and A.D. were religious references and have gone by the wayside.
"Anno Domini" (Latin: "In the Year of the Lord"),
abbreviated as AD or A.D., defines an epoch based on the traditionally-reckoned
year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Similarly, Before Christ, abbreviated as
BC or B.C., is used to denote years before the start of this epoch. They have been
replaced by CE and BCE
which are abbreviations for "Common Era" and "Before the Common
Era".
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