In 1836 the Tractarians appeared as an activist group, in united opposition to the appointment of Renn Dickson Hampden as Regius Professor of Divinity. Hampden's 1832 Bampton Lectures, in the preparation of which Joseph Blanco White assisted, were suspected of heresy; and this suspicion was accentuated by a pamphlet put forth by Newman, Elucidations of Dr Hampden's Theological Statements.
In 1836 the Tractarians appeared as an activist group in united opposition to the appointment of Renn Dickson Hampden as Regius Professor of Divinity Hampden's 1832 Bampton Lectures in the preparation of which Joseph Blanco White assisted were suspected of heresy; and this suspicion was accentuated by a pamphlet put forth by Newman Elucidations of Dr Hampden's Theological Statements