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A. Romans has played a profound role in church history. The book was instrumental in the
conversion of Augustine, the influential theologian of the late fourth and early 5th centuries.
B. Romans played a major role in the Protestant Reformation. Frederic Godet, an NT scholar from the 19th century, wrote in his commentary on Romans that "the Reformation was undoubtedly the work of the Epistle to the Romans."
1. Indeed, Romans played a pivotal role in the life of Martin Luther, a Catholic priest who was one of the leading voices of the Reformation. It was with regard to insight he received while studying Romans that he wrote, "I felt that I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates."
2. Romans likewise had a profound effect on the English reformer William Tyndale and on John Calvin, a Frenchman who led the Reformation in Geneva.
