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After the resurrected Christ has ascended to heaven, the Bible's Acts

of the Apostles describes his disciples' gathering in an upper room in Jerusalem. The group is traditionally understood as the nucleus of the new church, upon which the Holy Spirit next bestows the gifts of the Pentecost. In her final appearance in the Gospels, Mary is the only woman in the room to be mentioned by name. Her advocates see this as a sign of her key discipleship.

Pentecost · After the resurrected Christ has ascended to heaven, the Bible's Acts of the Apostles describes his disciples' gathering in an "upper room" in Jerusalem. The group is traditionally understood as the nucleus of the new church, upon which the Holy Spirit next bestows the gifts of the Pentecost. In her final appearance in the Gospels, Mary is the only woman in the room to be mentioned by name. Her advocates see this as a sign of her key discipleship.

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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