“Good. Then the *church* isn’t needed.”
So Christ sent out something into the world that St. Paul called His Body and His Bride but it isn’t needed?
Jesus didn't *SEND* His church into the world, He is building His church.
And no, the *church* is not needed for salvation.
Anyone can come to Jesus as he is without the help or interference of Catholicism or any other denomination.
Jesus Christ sent His disciples out to preach the Gospel and for those that believed we see were baptized and in Acts it tells us were added to their numbers. The Bride is made up of those added.
Perhaps you are Mountain Dew and I am Dr. Pepper. You fizz with the hermeneutic of church and tradition and I fizz with the hermeneutic of Gospel. You believe salvation comes from the church, where I believe salvation comes from the Gospel.