[Cronos]

One clear thing to remember esquirette is that Mary was filled with the Grace of God and that God took her up to heaven. Mary did not do that herself, she had no "powers", yet she did the greatest thing, which was, when the angel Gabriel came to ask her if she would bear The Christ, she said yes. πλήρης χάριτος. Θεοτόκος

[esquirette]

Thanks. From whence does this doctrine emerge, though? Where is the earliest written documentation of such an event?