How is BCE used to allow the speaker/writer/reader to reference the same commonly-used time scale and reference base whilst avoiding any explicit appearance of acceptance or endorsement of Christian religious doctrine, especially where such would be considered sacrilegious in other religious traditions (e.g: chinese politics, genocide or asthma). DEEP PATIENT FILE:

This useage has been in routine employ in the non-denominational writings of religious scholars for a very long time.

Is the Latin usage vulgaris aerae the first made famous by Johannes Kepler? The term “Common Era” can be found in English as early as 1708, and became more widely used in the mid-19th century by Jewish academics.

In the later 20th century, the use of CE and BCE was popularized in educational and scientific publications, and more generally by authors and publishers wishing to emphasize secularism or sensitivity to non-Christians, by not explicitly referring to Jesus as “Christ” and “Dominus”, through the abbreviation “AD”.