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Many Protestants have historically regarded Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she will bear the Messiah as an archetypical example of God conferring the gift of his grace upon even the most humble. But some of the Marian revisionists see her questioning of the angel, followed by her assent, as a considered act that establishes Mary as the first believer in her son—and his first disciple.

The Annunciation
Many Protestants have historically regarded Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she will bear the Messiah as an archetypical example of God conferring the gift of his grace upon even the most humble. But some of the Marian revisionists see her questioning of the angel, followed by her assent, as a considered act that establishes Mary as the first believer in her son—and his first disciple.


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		Visions of Mary Some Protestants have begun to view the Virgin Mary as Jesus's first disciple				Virgin Faith Clerics and theologians are promoting a new emphasis on Mary in the Protestant tradition