The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Satisfaction View of the Atonement

I'm not extremely educated, and I never heard of "the satisfaction view of the atonement" until today. A relative keeps throwing his church's views at me. He told me that the view we hold of the atonement did not exist until the twelfth century with the teachings of Thomas Aquinas. I, of course, disagreed. So I thought I'd like to hear what people here have to say about this.