The abbreviation "C.E." is used instead of "A.D." in order to indicate to the reader that the writer does not necessarily believe in the Christian religion merely because the writer specifies a date by means of the Christian calendar. At least in the case of most modern Jews or Moslems, [aka Muslims] the words "Common Era" have the connotation of "Profane Era", that is, not sacred. This connotation results from the fact that each of those religions has its own calendar which each of those religions considers to be sacred. At least in the case of some modern Jews or Moslems (and possibly some members of other religions as well), the abbreviation therefore has the additional connotation that the Christian religion is an inferior or invalid religion.

The related abbreviation "B.C.E." is usually an abbreviation for the words "Before Common Era" and is used instead of "B.C." and is used for the same reasons as C.E. and has the same connotations.

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1] This abbreviation (C.E.) does not occur in TGR. It is included in this glossary merely because it is used elsewhere in this document, mainly in those pages which summarize the history of the Twelve Tribes, which history is outlined because TGR mentions some of the events in that history from the perspective of God. One such oblique mention of events in the history was discovered while exploring the comparison, the parallelism of similarity between the words "swept" and "garnished". This parallelism was among the first to be explored because, on the face of it, there was no obvious similarity between "swept" and "garnished". For instance, if a plate of food were to be garnished by the addition of several sprigs of parsley, then how could the plate of food be legitimately said to have been swept by the addition of parsley? Or how could a piece of pie be said to have been swept by the addition of a scoop of ice cream? This seeming absurdity drew attention to this comparison relatively early in the process of attempting to understand what had been confirmed to have been said and done. Establishing it is one thing; understanding it is another. For an explanation of the way in which swept and garnished are in fact similar, please see the comment below the definitions and derivations in the glossary entry of the word "Sion".