NYer, with all due respect, this statement is flat out blasphemy. To believe this, you must believe Jesus Christ is a liar. He said "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6-7.
Your definition of blasphemy presupooses a contradiction of your own construct.
You seem to deny both the Church Christ founded and Apostolic Tradition contained within the Church Christ founded? How can obedience to the Church Christ founded and adherance to Apostolic Tradition be blasphemous or deny salvation through Christ as Christ taught and intended?
I deny that the church Christ founded is the Roman Catholic Church. The church Christ founded is His Body. He is the Head of His church. I am therefore obedient to Christ, the Head of the church. Not the Pope. I believe it is blasphemy to say "he who is not with the Pope is not with God, and who desires to be with God must be with the Pope." Christ said HE is the way and the truth and the life. Christ is not the Pope. To say the Pope is the way to God is to deny Christ's words. Can you explain why that isn't true?