Its Newman.
had the humility to acknowledge they were hopeless wrong.
And so he is, as contrary to how the church began, as said, following an itinerant Preacher who was rejected by those who were the steward of Scripture sitting in Moses seat, Newman subscribes to the cultic trust in men, in which, as said, objective examination of evidence is discouraged in seeking to determine the veracity of official RC teachings,
"in all cases the immediate motive in the mind of a Catholic for his reception of them is, not that they are proved to him by Reason or by History, but because Revelation has declared them by means of that high ecclesiastical Magisterium which is their legitimate exponent.” — John Henry Newman, “A Letter Addressed to the Duke of Norfolk on Occasion of Mr. Gladstone's Recent Expostulation.” 8. The Vatican Council lhttp://www.newmanreader.org/works/anglicans/volume2/gladstone/section8.html
“Absolute, immediate, and unfaltering submission to the teaching of God's Church on matters of faith and morals-----this is what all must give..”
“He is as sure of a truth when declared by the Catholic Church as he would be if he saw Jesus Christ standing before him and heard Him declaring it with His Own Divine lips.” —“Henry G. Graham, "What Faith Really Means", (Nihil Obstat:C. SCHUT, S. T.D., Censor Deputatus, Imprimatur: EDM. CANONICUS SURMONT, D.D.,Vicarius Generalis. WESTMONASTERII, Die 30 Septembris, 1914 )]
Thus even if not taught in Scripture, if Rome says it, then it true. Cultic, not Scriptural.
Apparently Jesus’ own followers struggled with this question because in John 6: 60 we see them saying, “...this is hard teaching. Who can accept it?” Why would they say this if Jesus was speaking symbolically? Yes, it is hard teaching, but it is true, and I don’t know how he could have been more more emphatic.