21st November 2008, 09:59
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Originally Posted by jet57
Hello everyone,
This is my first post. I noted a great deal of interest in Roslyn Chapel.
William Sinclair was a well traveled man, therefore most of what he constructed reflected his experiences. At the time Roslyn was built, it was known that if people prayed for you after death, you went to heaven. It then became fassionable for the great estates to have collegate churches on their grounds: Sinclair's was easily the most ornate. There are a number of these churches in a forty square mile area from that site. (I'm qutoing that statistic from memory...). Many masons, including the curator of the Grand Lodge museum in Edinburgh, also an author, have toured Rosyln and been told by the guides, that if they do not see the masonic clues - they must not be masons..
So, it really is a tourist thing, and sells books, ala Da Vince. It's a fund raiser; like a cave somewhere. Very nice, but not really "authentic".
Regards
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It's not JUST a 'tourist' thing - church services are still held in the Chapel.
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