Epistles
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1912.
And the virginity of Mary, and her giving birth[*](The mystery of the Nativity and its manifestation) were hidden from the Prince of this world, as was also the death of che Lord. Three mysteries of a cry which were wrought in the stillness of God.