It is well known that before the appearance of the notorious decree of Peter I, the time was counted "from the creation of the world", and the last day in this so-called Constantinople era was December 31, 7208.
Further, the chronology began "from the Nativity of Christ."
Moreover, "from the creation of the world" in the form in which we know it is also a Christian term, and it is completely incomprehensible why the idea of a pagan or, as it is fashionable now to call, "Vedic" (completely incorrect use of the term) character is now widespread they say, the pagan ancestors led their years from the creation of the world, and then the Church came and established the birth of Christ as a starting point. This is not true. Elementary, because in the annals written by Christian monks, the countdown "from SM" is used.
In the 20th century, famous figures decided to bring a "Vedic" flavor to this purely ecclesiastical concept by adding "… Z. Kh" - "in a star temple", and dozens of people believed this lie. No one was embarrassed that such a phrase as "the creation of the world in a star temple" not only never appeared in documents, but could not exist on its own in principle, because a purely modern understanding of the words "temple" and "stars" is used here.
Officially, the “from the creation of the world” reference system, which we know from documents, began to be used by the Orthodox in the 7th century and was calculated based on the data in the Bible …
But gradually all of Europe switched to a new system - from the Nativity of Christ, which is commonly called "our era" - a product of the reflections of the Anglo-Saxon monk Bede the Venerable. And this is considered an innovation in European chronology. But is it?
Absolutely not. Like everything related to Christian philosophy and rituals, there is nothing new here. The introduction of a new starting point for chronology from the emergence of a new leader (who, no doubt, Jesus was) is just a purely pagan tradition.
Here is an excerpt from M. Eliade's book "The Myth of Eternal Rebirth":
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Thus, counting the time “from the creation of the world” and “from the birth of Christ” is not an innovation of the Church. This is a common pagan practice, adopted by the once new rulers of Europe.
But the chronology itself in "7208" from S. M. and 2019 from N. E. is a product of the church and politicians. In fact, before the introduction of these systems, there was no chronology as such, since its cycles were reduced to local events.
It is from these considerations that we generally have such a holiday as "New Year" or "Christmas" (more precisely, their more ancient equivalents) - the renewal of time in connection with the Incarnation of a new god, king, leader, man, fate … And this is, in fact, the only a holiday of the ancients, not initially tied specifically to any calendar date.
From this point of view, Jesus is only the embodiment of this idea in history, onto which historical realities, the thoughts of philosophers, political trends, etc. were already strung from above.
