Consequence of blending two natures
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Cyril of Alexandria writes to Photius, a presbyter of Alexandria, and states a conditional argument about what follows if two natures are blended into one mixture.
If two natures of different substance have been blended into one mixture, neither one is preserved; instead, both are confused and destroyed.
Greek
Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Φώτιον πρεσβύτερον Ἀλεξανδρείας· Εἰ δὲ κέκρανται αἱ δύο φύσεις εἰς μῖξιν μίαν, ἑτεροούσιοι τυγχάνουσαι, οὐδ' ὁποτέρα σώζεται, ἀλλ' ἀμφότεραι συγχυθεῖσαι ἠφανίσθησαν.