Excerpt from Clark's Foreign Theological Library, Vol. 60: Philippi on St. Paul's Epistle to the RomansBut, next, it must be admitted as exceedingly probable that the evangelical teachers who gathered together the scattered Christians already existing in Rome, added to their number by preaching the gospel, established a formally organized Christian church, and took it under their direction and care, and who are therefore to be regarded as the real founders of the Roman church, were disciples of the Apostle Paul. It is only natural that the church of the Gentile capital - Rome - should owe its existence, indirectly at least, to the labours of the Gentile apostle. To him the founding of the first Christian church in Europe was entrusted as a fore most object of his peculiar mission labour. Accordingly, by means of his disciples and helpers he transplanted a branch of this labour of his to Rome, while to the rest of the apostles, and hence to the apostolic men' associated with them, the Gentile world, like the European field of toil, was foreign ground.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.