Calendars
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Consideration of the Origin of the Yearly Count in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars
"Anno Domini (AD) or Christian or Common Era (CE) counts the years after the adjusted date of Christ's incarnation, which traditionally is celebrated annually at 25th March during the former Northward Spring Equinox (NSE). To this count, introduced in sixth century by Dionysius Exiguus, we owe the calendrical numbering of the current years as well as the jubilee with the second millennium. " |
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GREGORIAN/JULIAN CALENDAR INFORMATION
"Some discrepancies in dates which may puzzle the reader, as they already have the writer, may perhaps be explained by the following considerations. (1) The Gregorian Calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, altered the year (i) by omitting 10 days and (ii) by making the year commence in January whereas it had hitherto commenced on March 25th. Hence any date between January 1st and March 25th might be reckoned in either of two years, 1582 or 1583, according to the style of reckoning adopted, civil or ecclesiastical." |
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