For our God Jesus Christ was, according to God’s dispensation, the fruit of Mary’s womb, of the seed of David; He was born and baptized in order that He might make the water holy by His passion.[1]
[1] Walsh, G. G. (1947). The Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch. In F. X. Glimm, J. M.-F. Marique, & G. G. Walsh (Trans.), The Apostolic Fathers (Vol. 1, p. 94). Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press.