The importance of the book of Romans in church history

Gentiles . They had for a long time wondered how he can be an apostle of the church yet he fail to visit their church in Rome . This gave the church leaders an opportunity to gauge and judge his courage and honesty as far as the church was concerned

The book of Romans clearly explains the doctrines of the Christian faith . Paul in this book defended the gospel from those people who were claiming that salvation was for a chosen group . The church in Rome was to serve as a pillar where the Christianity

would be spread to other regions in the world . The book clearly assures that the Roman church was as legitimate as the other despite the fact that it was led by gentiles This served as a boost to this church as Paul was taken as the messenger of God and he was presenting the God word to the people who had chosen to follow Christ yet the society was not keen to respect them . Paul addresses them as his brethrens a clear indication that he had accepted them as one of them and they were on the right track as far as faith was concerned (Moo , D 2002

The book of Romans had a great impact on the early church and the western civilization at large .Scholars has argued that the book is the most influential in Christian history . It is in this book that Paul gives a detailed exposition of the word of God . It is the most fundamental and systematic discussion as far as the whole plan of salvation is concerned . To the Romans the book touched on what they were supposed to do so that they can be saved . This applies to all the Christians and was largely quoted by the protestant reformers as...