Show year of christs birth history tells iia u that lor for r chuo 00 years tile the christians had no calendar of their own but reckoned the years to tile the customs of the nations to which they belonged the used the lie antin alum Condit lae or year icar of the founding of rome koino to count front from others counted fi out the r el agn of calling it the era of tile tho martyrs und tind smi others used the en lendar or of lite lio copts coats of egypt in III the sixth century denis deal the little a areek monk living lit in homo made it counting f front loin the flip tile into bf which lie fixed etcil nt lit ar A U 0 so 90 we commonly say that lint iloine was ins founded lit in it IS 0 at the lie beginning of tile the eighth century tile venerable bede pointed out that this ang A ng nn all historical blunder but no gen crill notice wits ns taken of lils ills criticism tind tile tho error lins has continued to this doy historic facts have enabled Ilio lern echol holms to determine without ilia 11 possibility lity of doubt tile tho exact c act hefle eai of tile the birth of jesus lind and to it nt at what aliat liat we call 5 11 C |