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I wasn't aware that on the day Christ was born, that the Romans said, "the Jewish Messiah is born, let us create a new calendar and call this year 1." For the Romans it was year 46 based on Julius's new calendar. The current calendar was adjusted to relfects Christ's Birth by St. John Chrysostom in what would now become 354AD. He based it on Christ being crucified at the age 33 in the Roman year 79 and then knocked 33 years off of that calendar and said this is our new starting point. So the Roman year 387 became 354 AD because the St. John Chrysostom surmised Christ was born 354 years ealrier.
He wasn't concerned that the Roman Calendar had begun with the year 1. Because of this back dating we do end up with a year "O" because if you take 354 from 354 you wind up with 0 and not 1.
Think about it.
The year 79 became 33.
If you take 33 from 79 you get 46.
If you take 33 from 33 you get 0.
In short some St. John Chrysostom created a year 0 because he backdated a calendar to an event rather than started counting from the event.
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Tobias
And now for a recap of the 20th century, regardless of when you think its starts:
The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over
by Steve Goodman and John Prine
Back in 1899 when everybody sang Auld Lang Syne
a hundred years took a long, long time
for every boy and girl
Now there's only one thing I'd like to know
where did the 20th century go
I'd swear it was here just a minute ago
all over this world.
Does anyone remember the Great Depression
I read all about it in True Confessions
Sorry I was late for the recording sessions
but somebody put me on hold;
Has anybody seen my linoleum floors,
petroleum jelly and two World Wars;
They got stuck in the revolving doors
all over this world.
Winter's getting colder, summer's getting hotter
Wishing well's wishing for another drop of water
Mother Earth's blushin' cause somebody caught her
making love to the man in the moon
How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm,
now that outer space has lost its charm,
Somebody set off the burglar alarm and not a moment too
Old Father Time has got his toes a tappin,
standin'in the window grumblin'and a rappin'
Everybody's waiting for something to happen,
tell me if it happens to you
The judgement Day is getting nearer,
there it is in the rear view mirror
If you duck down, I could see a little clearer
all over this world.
The twentieth century is almost over
almost over, almost over
The twentieth century is almost over
all over this world.
All over this world, all over this world.
The twentieth century is almost over all over this world.
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