section_path: History/History of the use of the CE/BCE abbreviation
section_name: BCE abbreviation
paragraph_text: BCE abbreviation
  
  Although Jews have the Hebrew calendar, they often use the Gregorian calendar without the AD prefix, as Judaism does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. As early as 1825, the abbreviation VE (for Vulgar Era) was in use among Jews to denote years in the Western calendar. As of 2005, Common Era notation has also been in use for Hebrew lessons for more than a century. Jews have also used the term Current Era.