Indisputably Paul's letter to the Romans is one of the most influential pieces of literature ever composed. Nothing written by man has had a greater impact upon modern history than this Epistle written approximately 60 A.D. Augustine, who lived in the fourth century after CHRIST, was a profligate son of a godly mother until he was thirty years of age, at which time he was converted to JESUS CHRIST and became one of the most well-known theologians of all times in the Christian church. Paul's letter to the Romans had a most profound effect upon the life of Augustine.

It was Paul's letter to Rome which liberated the soul of Martin Luther and triggered the Reformation. In his preface to Romans, Martin Luther writes, "This epistle represents the fundamental teachings of the New Testament and is the very purest Gospel, well worth not only to be memorized verbatim but also to be used daily by every Christian as the daily bread of his soul. For no one could ever exhaust this Epistle by study and meditation. The better one becomes acquainted with it, the higher one will treasure it and all the more delight in it."

One has but to contrast those nations which were influenced only by the Renaissance with those nations of Europe which were influenced also by the Reformation to appreciate the incalculable impact of Paul's letter to the Romans upon our modern world.