Anselm of Canterbury's rational account of why the Incarnation was necessary — God became man because only an infinite being could provide the satisfaction that human sin required.
Human sin dishonors God infinitely; only an infinite act of satisfaction can restore the moral order; only God can perform such an act; only a human being owes it; therefore a God-man was necessary.
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