存在鎖鏈(英語:Chain of being),18世紀歐洲神學的概念,是自上而下萬物的分級。在「存在鎖鏈」中,上帝居首,其下有九個等級的天使,天使之下是人類,其下為動物、植物、礦物。鎖鏈中任何一環都不可上下移動,隨意移動位置會破壞整個宇宙的秩序條理,違反天意。[1]
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