Why did Bishop Richard Bagot ask for the Tracts for the Times to be suspended?

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St. John Henry Newman English prelate, theologian, and poet John Henry Newman converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845. He was made a cardinal in 1879.

Bishop Richard Bagot of Oxford requested the suspension of the Tracts for the Times following the publication of Tract 90 in 1841.1

In this tract, John Henry Newman attempted to reconcile the Thirty-nine Articles—the doctrinal foundation of the Church of England—with the teachings of the ancient, undivided church. To many contemporaries, this argument appeared to suggest that the Articles were not incompatible with the doctrines of the Council of Trent, a position furthered by Newman’s disciple, W.G. Ward, who claimed this compatibility was indeed the case. This interpretation caused significant alarm, leading to widespread denunciations and prompting the bishop to intervene.1