Catena n. (pl. catene) A chain or series of things connected with each other. "I have... in no case sought to construct those catenae of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together."
... refer, he has clearly stated that he is contemplating the histories, the law, and the prophets alike. So too St Basil uses 'sacred' (or divine) 'oracles', 'oracles of the Spirit,' [175:2] as synonymes for the Scriptures. And this catena of passages ... — Essays on "Supernatural Religion" • Joseph B. Lightfoot
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