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From "Ralph Waldo Emerson" by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Reverend Peter Bulkeley
Emerson's ancestor, minister of Concord, Massachusetts.
Core Belief
"His core belief centered around the Gospel Covenant, which has passed through several Editions, with much Acceptance among the People of God."
Worldview
He could not conscientiously conform to the ceremonies of the English Church, and so, Complaints were made against Mr. Bulkly, for his Non-Conformity, and he was therefore Silenced.
Personality
Reverend Peter Bulkeley is depicted as an excellent scholar, a very well-read person, and one who gave demonstrations in his advice to young students that he knew what would go to make a scholar. But it being essential unto a scholar to love a scholar, so did he.
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