Tag Archives: Dionysius Exiguus

somewhere between 2 B.C. and 6 A.D.

There was the Year One. In the sixth century, Dionysius Exiguus presented a  calculation of the “first year of our Lord”; it was slightly inaccurate, given the scant and conflicting evidence in the Gospels, and on neither of those accounts … Continue reading

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bowing to the dominant emotion

When something big was up. That was the Year One. No one could have foreseen such consequences. Often, great historical processes begin invisibly and only later is it possible to pin down the critical date. The strangest thing is that … Continue reading

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one is the loneliest number a.d.

The Year One. Of all the great years in history, it is the oddest because no one alive at the time, or for centuries thereafter, had any idea that this was the Year One at all. If they ever used … Continue reading

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