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Iscool, you may be unfamiliar with the history of Theotokos (Mother of God) vs. Christokos (Mother of Christ). If you are, read up on the differences here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theotokos

Explaining his rejection of Nestorius' preferred title for Mary (Christotokos), Cyril wrote: "Confessing the Word to be united with the flesh according to the hypostasis, we worship one Son and Lord, Jesus Christ. We do not divide him into parts and separate man and God as though they were united with each other [only] through a unity of dignity and authority..

Nestorius was correct in his assessment...

These people were going around saying 'Mary is the mother of God' but when cornered, they would say, 'well not really'...Seems pretty dishonest to me...

The statement says it would be impossible to separate the natures of Jesus...It's hard to follow this Catholic theory after spending so much time in the scriptures...

We are created in God's image...That doesn't mean we look like him...It means we have a body, a soul and a spirit just as God is a Trinity...

We know that when our body dies, our soul and spirit leaves the body...So while they are somehow connected, they are unconnected as well...

We know our spirit came from God and the spirit combined with the body became a living soul...

We know that Jesus' body died...We know that a part of Jesus continued to live since we know that he then went to the inner parts of the earth...We know Jesus' body separated from his soul and spirit...

And then, we know that as Christians were are given a 'new' nature...

So yes, the divine nature and the human nature are separate...Nestorius was correct...

Iscool, you may be unfamiliar with the history of Theotokos (Mother of God) vs. Christokos (Mother of Christ).

The Chalcedonian Creed of 451 uses Theotokos. It clarifies Theotokos nicely.

born of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, according to the Manhood