[SoothingDave]

Do you doubt that Stephen was full of grace at this point?

The importance is not that Mary was made full of grace, it is that she was this way before Jesus was even sacrificed. She was the first to be saved.

Nowadays, any newly-baptised Christian is full of grace. Likewise any Catholic as he emerges from Confession.

SD

[Invincibly Ignorant]

The importance is not that Mary was made full of grace, it is that she was this way before Jesus was even sacrificed. She was the first to be saved.

Do you know for a fact Stephen wasn't alive when Jesus gave us atonement?