>>There was no "Year 0". According to the Julian and then Gregorian
>Calenders,
>>the year before 1 AD was 1 BC. This of course after the Church established
>the
>>calender years by trying to place the birth of Christ in 1 AD. So 1-100 AD
>is
>
>The establishment of the Church is about 30 A.D. On the pentecost day of
>the
>year Jesus died and resurrected. Back then there were only Jewish
>Christians,
>(well, the word "Christian" was not invented back then...) so they most
>likely
>followed Jewish calender rather than Roman. (Passover/Easter is right in the
>new year season)
>
>A common protestant point of view says theRoman Catholic Church is
>established
>by the emperor Constantinus, about 300 years after the establishment of the
>Church.
>I don't think that Christians of those early days, being under severe
>persecution, had
>much influence to the calender system. BTW, it is well known that the exact
>birthyear
>or birthdate of Christ is unknown. probably because, for Christians, His
>death and
>resurrection taking place during the Passover feast is much more
>significant.
>
>
>
I didn't mean the first century Church. I think it was the fourth century when
the Church "officially" decried the years of the calender.
Mark Hammons
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