Today is celebrated as the feast day of theologian Franz Bibfeldt on the calendars of some Western churches, especially in the environs of Chicago, Illinois in the U.S.A. I remember fondly my delightful discovery of the thought of this theologian previously unknown to me when I stumbled across the
Festschrift published in his honor in a Borders bookstore in Fort Worth, Texas sometime in the mid-1990s. In honor of Bibfeldt's feast day and in gratitude for his contributions to the development of Christian theology, I'm posting the collect "Of a Theologian and Teacher" from the
Book of Common Prayer:
O God, by your Holy Spirit you give to some the word of wisdom, to others the word of knowledge, and to others the word of faith: We praise your Name for the gifts of grace manifested in your servant Franz, and we pray that your Church may never be destitute of such gifts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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