Rosslyn Treasury by P.L. Snow

Author:P.L. Snow [Peter Snow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782504689
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2017-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

Carving said by some to be the ‘true’ Crown of Thorns; shown to be more cap-like than wreath-shaped.

* There is a legend that Pontius Pilate was born in Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland, and that he was connected to the Clan Maclaren.

11. The Soldiers of Golgotha

It was only much later in the chapel’s history that the stained-glass windows were added to Rosslyn. The Rev John Thompson mentions the windows in the main body of the chapel in his guide, but he does not make note of the pair of windows that depict two military men whose lives foreshadow the ideals of the Knights Templar in their relationship to Christ and the world. It is certain that these windows were commissioned by someone with a deep connection to the ideas and ideals of William Sinclair, Third Earl of Orkney.

One of the men represented in this pair of windows is Cassius Longinus. In this man we see something of the spirit that the Templar Knights tried to incorporate into their Order, and into themselves; a willingness to follow an intuition on behalf of a greater good, and the taking of a vow so sacred that it was dearer than life itself. We know hardly anything about Longinus, yet he had an important role to play in the central event of Christianity, the Crucifixion on the hill of Golgotha. We include the story of Abn Adar here as the story of Longinus is incomplete without the contribution of this other soldier to the scene.

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