Excerpt from The Doctrine of the Atonement, Vol. 2: A Historical Essay The first of the series of links was St. Isidore of Sevilla, of whom it has been said that he was the greatest compiler of his time and perhaps of all time.1 In his summary of the doctrine of the Atonement he follows St. Augustine and St. Jerome. The Word of God became man in order to draw nigher unto us and in order to suffer in His flesh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.