The answer
To affirm that He took real flesh, and not, as some heretics believed, that He did not take a real body, but that He only appeared to people to have done so.
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Why does the Orthodox Creed mention that He suffered, was crucified, and was buried?
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.