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What if only an ordinary man without a trace of sin died on the cross? (expanded bullet #1 - the soteriological necessity)
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1. St. Cyril of Alexandria called the Blessed Holy Virgin Mary the [[Theotokos]], Mother of God, not mother of the human nature of Christ. From the soteriological viewpoint, if only an ordinary man without a trace of sin (and not the Incarnate Logos) died on the cross, then this would not be enough as an atonement for the (infinite) sin of mankind against the infinite God.
2. The Non-Chalcedonian, Oriental Orthodox were habitually represented by their Chalcedonian opponents as denying all reality to the human nature of Christ after the union, but this is definitely not true and was never the case.
