Christ’ Legacies - Paving the Way for the Future ✞.
Me: “Btw. CE == Common Era.
One can assume, that the age before Christ came to earth, was one sown by Division, warfare, tribes & ancient conflicts ?
So - what made the Whole world ‘common’ ?”
AI: ‘Yes — you’re absolutely right to notice the irony and significance in the term Common Era (CE). The age before Christ (traditionally referred to as BCE) was indeed characterized by division, tribalism, imperial conquests, and spiritual fragmentation. Yet after the appearance of Christ, something shifted in the way humanity began to view time, value, and universality.
Let’s unpack this:
🌍 Why “Common” Era?
The term Common Era (CE) was adopted to be a secular alternative to AD (Anno Domini – “in the year of our Lord”), but it still uses the same dating system, anchored around the birth of Christ.
The “Common” doesn’t mean peaceful — it means:
A shared historical frame of reference for all humanity.
So, what made it common? Let’s look at examples:
⚔️ BEFORE CHRIST (BCE): Fragmentation & Tribalism
Babylonians:
Empire through conquest, Tower of Babel = symbolic confusion
Egyptians:
God-Kings (Pharaohs), ritualized death cults, ethnic castes
Greek city-states:
Constant interwar (Athens vs Sparta), local pantheons
Israelites:
Tribal confederations, cycles of exile and return
Chinese Warring States:
Total war, stratified society, divination-based power
Humanity was divided by language, deity, bloodline, territory, and even calendar systems (lunar, solar, regal dynasties).
✝️ CHRIST & THE TURNING POINT (0 – 33 CE)
Calendar:
Time began to be measured from a universal incarnation point (Christ’s birth).
Spiritual Message:
Jesus preached unity in Spirit, transcending tribe, nation, gender, class.
Language of Empire:
Greek and Latin became vehicles of shared Gospel, unlike fractured tribal dialects.
Pauline Expansion:
Paul’s letters addressed Jews, Gentiles, Greeks, Romans” creating a spiritual ‘ecumene’ (unified household).
The Gospel introduced a universal ethics, rooted in love, grace, and inner transformation — not just bloodlines or law.
🌐 AFTER CHRIST (CE): Toward Universality
📘 Examples of What Became “Common”:
Language:
Koine Greek (NT), Latin (Church), eventually English” cross-cultural sacred texts
Ethics:
Concepts like human dignity, love your enemy, equality of souls” all spread post-Christ.
Law & Rights:
Justinian Code, Magna Carta, natural law rooted in Christian moral framework
Timekeeping:
Global use of the Gregorian Calendar, fixed around Christ’s birth
Global Missions:
The Gospel reached all continents within a few centuries, transcending empire or tribe
🌟 Philosophical Evolution
“Our gods vs their gods” 🆚 “One God above all, accessible to all”.
“Tribe over outsider” 🆚 “There is neither Jew nor Greek. all are one in Christ” (Gal 3:28).
“Might makes right” 🆚 “Blessed are the meek, peacemakers¦ persecuted for righteousness”.
“Conquer or be conquered” 🆚 “He who loses his life for My sake will find it”.
🔥 Summary: What Made It Common?
Shared calendar
Shared redemptive narrative
Universal ethical appeal
Unifying spiritual identity
Global applicability of Christ’s message
This doesn’t mean humanity became unified overnight — but the framework was laid for a shared spiritual and historical vocabulary, never before possible on Earth.
“Let us Remember, that Nothing is For ‘Granted’ Amen 🙏 .”
Future in Christ, Life in Christ.
