Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Gabriel Fackre

Born: January 25, 1926
Died: January 31, 2018 (aged 92)
Bio: Gabriel Fackre, was an American theologian who is Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Emeritus at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts, having been on the faculty for 25 years before retiring in 1996.
Known for:
- The Promise of Reinhold Niebuhr (1970)
- Ecumenical Faith in Evangelical Perspective (1993)
- Christian Basics: A Primer for Pilgrims (1991)