BCE" redirects here. For other uses, see BCE (disambiguation).

"Era Vulgaris" redirects here. For the Queens of the Stone Age album, see Era Vulgaris
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Common Era or Current Era (CE)[1] is one of the notation systems for the world's most widely
used calendar era – an alternative to the Dionysian AD and BC system. The era preceding CE is
known as before the Common Era or before the Current Era (BCE), whereas the Dionysian era
distinguishes eras using AD (anno Domini, "[the] year of [the] Lord")[2] and BC ("before Christ").
Since the two notation systems are numerically equivalent, "2018 CE" corresponds to "AD 2018" and
"400 BCE" corresponds to "400 BC".[2][3][4][a] Both notations refer to the Gregorian calendar (and its
predecessor, the Julian calendar). The year-numbering system utilized by the Gregorian calendar is
used throughout the world today, and is an international standard for civil calendars.[5]
The expression has been traced back to 1615, when it first appeared in a book by Johannes
Kepler as the Latin usage vulgaris aerae,[6][7] and to 1635 in English as "Vulgar[b] Era." The term
"Common Era" can be found in English as early as 1708,[8] and became more widely used in the mid-
19th century by Jewish academics. In the later 20th century, the use of CE and BCE was
popularized in academic and scientific publications, and more generally by authors and publishers
wishing to emphasize secularism or sensitivity to non-Christians, by not explicitly
referencing Jesus as "Christ" and Dominus ("Lord") through use of the abbreviation[c] "AD".[10][11]

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Origins
o 1.2Vulgar Era
o 1.3History of the use of the CE/BCE abbreviation
 2Contemporary usage
 3Rationale
o 3.1Support
o 3.2Opposition
 4Conventions in style guides
 5Similar conventions in other languages
 6See also
 7Notes
 8References
 9External links
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