Syriac Christians

Some historians believe that at this time, ancient teacher of the arts, the Culdees, controlled the Masonic Collegia in York, Kilwinning, Melrose, and Aberdeen. An old Scottish tradition suggests that this Syriac Christian or Culdee heresy was preserved in Scotland and survived for some centuries after the Knights Templar suppression." ... 

The Syriac Christians arrived at a mountain in Scotland called Harodim or Heroden, between the west and north of Scotland, 60 miles from Edinburgh. 

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