What is another word for the Christian era?

Pronunciation: [ðə kɹˈɪst͡ʃən ˈi͡əɹə] (IPA)

"The Christian era" refers to the period of time marked by the birth and teachings of Jesus Christ, which began in the year traditionally believed to be his birth, 1 AD. While this term is widely used, there exist a number of synonyms that describe the same period. Some alternatives include "the Common Era" (CE), which became prevalent in the 20th century as an effort to be more inclusive of non-Christian cultures, "Anno Domini" (AD), the Latin phrase translating to "in the year of our Lord," and "the Western calendar," highlighting its origins and prevalence in the Western world. Regardless of the name, the Christian era remains a significant period in world history, shaping cultures, religions, and societies to this day.

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  • The Gnostics were the earliest Christians with anything like a regular theological system, and it is only too evident that it was Jesus who was made to fit their theology as Christos, and not their theology that was developed out of his sayings and doings. Their ancestors had maintained, before the Christian era, that the Great Serpent — Jupiter, the Dragon of Life, the Father and "Good Divinity," had glided into the couch of Semele, and now, the post-Christian Gnostics, with a very trifling change, applied the same fable to the man Jesus, and asserted that the same "Good Divinity," Saturn (Ilda-Baoth), had, in the shape of the Dragon of Life, glided over the cradle of the infant Mary.
    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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