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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
So his eighth year began in January, 48.<br />
Hence according this Christ <strong>was</strong> born in the year 2 B.C.<br />
Dionysius Exiguus<br />
Dionysius Exiguus calculated the Birth of <strong>Jesus</strong> on December 25, 1BC<br />
This led to the starting of year of Our Lord – Anno Domini seven days<br />
later as January 1 , 1 AD.<br />
Under the direction of Pope St. John I (A.D. 523-526), Dionysius<br />
Exiguus introduced the use of B.C. and A.D. With the Edict of Milan<br />
legitimizing Christianity in A.D. 413 and ultimately making it the<br />
official religion of the Roman Empire, the birth of Christ became the<br />
“epoch event” used for dating. B.C. stands for before Christ, and A.D.<br />
stands for anno domini, or “in the year of our Lord”<br />
Thus the Early Christian traditions puts the birth of <strong>Jesus</strong> at around 2<br />
BC. This will fit within the chronology only if Herod <strong>was</strong> alive until 1<br />
BC and not in 4 BC.<br />
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