The atonement in the New Testament teaching

In the present book I have treated, first, the place of the Atonement in primitive preaching and belief; secondly, the teaching of St. Paul, the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, and St. John; thirdly, the immediate implications of the New Testament teaching as a whole; and, finally, the ultimate problems which arise, and the doctrine of the Atonement which seems to me to be most in harmony with that teaching. Particular attention has been devoted to the investigation of primitive Christian belief. The idea that the great New Testament writers, especially St. Paul, are the originators of the doctrine of the Atonement, is entirely false. Each depended in a marked degree upon that which he drew from the common faith of the Church, and I have sought to ascertain, as far as is possible, the elements which each writer received and the points to which he gives a distinctive emphasis. - Page 9.