Question

What does CE stand for?
A. Christian Era
B. Catholic Era
C. Common Era
D. Cold Era

Answer 1

Hint: The use of all these abbreviations is for the tracking of times of history in accordance with the birth of Jesus Christ. All of them had different accuracy and reason when dealing with the historical event.

Complete answer:
Christian Era: This era is being named to show the period dating after the birth of Christ, though it is not as much used because of its direct use of the name Christian Era.Therefore this isn't the right option.

Catholic Era: This era dates back at the time when reformation was uprising and more spiritual more literate thoughts were coming into action in Romans time.This too aren’t the right option as it's not commonly used to remember times.

Common Era: The most widely used abbreviation for tracking back the historical time in Roman as well as Julian Calendar is Common Era as this is also equivalent in reference to the Christian Era. This also represents the assumed birth of Jesus for tracking time. Therefore this is the right option.

Cold Era: This term cold era isn’t included in this category of abbreviations used for keeping track of time, thus this isn't the correct option.

The correct answer is option C.

Note:All the calendar and their roots trace back to the Roman Calendar and now Julian Calendar.The use of different abbreviations is the symbol of evolution of human time tracking compatibility with ease of changing time.