What date was the world created

One monk of the eighth century Englishman found out that the birthday of the world falls on March 18.
The first Christians, with time, had a hard time. No "BC" existed. In the Roman Empire, time was measured by the epochs of the reign of emperors. Or from the last Olympics. People went astray and did not always understand when to hold religious celebrations.
Scientists and theologians argued.

"World creation". Jan Brueghel

When Christ was born, the monk Dionysius the Small discovered in the 6th century. His reasoning was based on an analysis of the gospel. He suggested that Mary suffered from the Holy Spirit on March 25, then added the duration of pregnancy and received on December 25. We also owe him a time calculation system "from the Nativity of Christ".

Until the 6th century, the "era of Diocletian" was massively used. The calculation began in 284, when Diocletian became emperor. According to this system, believers counted the holidays. Diocletian was one of the bloodiest persecutors, and his reign began to be called the "era of the martyrs."
Dionysius presented his chronology based on the Gospel of Luke. The text of the book indicated that Christ went to teach the people when he was 30 years old. Crucifixion occurred under the emperor of Tiberius at the end of Passover. Dionysius calculated that this happened on March 25, 31 years.

But not all theologians agree with this dating. Pope John Paul II believed that it was not possible to correctly establish the time of the birth of Christ. Pope Benedict VI believes that Christ was born 4 years earlier than Dionysius suggested.

Pope John Paul II

Another monk, the Englishman, Trouble, the Honorable in the 8th century, calculated the date when the world appeared. Before him, it was customary to believe that the universe was created on March 25, 5211 BC. e. This is the vernal equinox. The trouble noted that there could be no equinox when God created "the great daylight and the little night shone." He divided the history of the world into six periods and correlated it with the biblical days of creation. Thus, the trouble calculated that the world was created on March 18, 3952 BC.

The next day, God created land and heaven.

Holy Trouble Honored

Misfortune The venerable, in addition to these calculations, is known for creating one of the first "Stories of England", wrote about forty theological works in Latin for his school. He expressed many interesting ideas in the field of rhetoric, versification, grammar. Translated the gospel into English. He informed us that the three wise men who brought their gifts to Jesus were called: Cupronickel, Balthazar and Caspar.

The controversy over the birthday of the world was serious and could end in disrepair for the monk. Bishop Wilfried of York accused him of heresy.
The Western Church was dominated by the representation of Isidore of Seville, who insisted on 5211 BC. The Orthodox Church indicated its year - 5508 BC However, the trouble of the Honorable is considered a common saint among all faiths.

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