Mary's Childbirth in the Marian Piety of the Second Century

The Spirit opened the womb of the Virgin and she received conception and gave birth; and the Virgin became a mother with many mercies. She travailed and brought forth a Son, without incurring pain. She did not require a midwife, because He caused her to give life. She gave birth like a strong man with desire, and she brought Him forth openly, and acquired Him with great dignity, and loved Him in His swaddling clothes and guarded Him tenderly, and showed Him in Majesty. Hallelujah.