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First edition of Newman's radical assessment of the articles of the Church of England, the text that famously led him and other members of the Oxford Movement to the Church of Rome. The series Tracts for the Times was initially intended to place the Church of England on a firm doctrinal footing, but it culminated in this Tract 90 which argued that the 39 articles were actually not a negation of the Roman Catholic doctrines, simply an attack on their misinterpretation. It was this final and hugely criticised text which forced Newman to abandon his endeavours and ultimately to his Catholic conversion in 1845.Other pamphlets bound in this volume: PALMER, William. A narrative of events connected with the publication of the Tracts for the Times, with reflections on existing tendencies to Romanism... second edition. Oxford: John Henry Parker and various printers in London, 1843, pp. x, [ii], 115, [1]; KEBLE, John. Tract XC. on certain passages in the XXXIX articles / by J.H. Newman. With a historical preface / by E. B. Pusey, and, Catholic subscription to the XXXIX articles considered in reference to tract XC... revised edition of the Preface. Fourth Thousand. Oxford and London: Parker and Rivingtons, 1866, pp. xliii, [i], [text of Preface and Postscript only, as published]; [NEWMAN, John Henry.] Tracts for the Times. Remarks on certain passages in the Thirty-nine articles.. [stereotyped edition from the fourth edition]. London: Gilbert and Rivington, n.d; KEBLE, John. The case of Catholic subscription to the 39 Articles considered... in a letter to the Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge. "Privately printed 1841" [but probably later issue, London: Gilbert and Rivington], pp. 26, [2]; PUSEY, Edward Bouverie. Patience and confidence the strength of the church. A sermon preached on the fifth of November, 1837, before the University of Oxford at St. Mary's. Oxford: Parker and Rivingtons in London, 1837, pp. xvi, 57, [3]; PUSEY, Edward Bouverie.Justification : A sermon preached before the University at S. Mary's, on the 24th Sunday after Trinity, 1853, pp.50. Occasional light spotting and soiling, but generally good.