He truly has a warped notion of the early Church and salvation. Of course this is his "private opinion" say the Neo Caths.
A man who publicly shares his private, heretical opinions is...a public heretic. Was Luther condemned for publicly teaching ideas that were NOT his private opinions? Uh, no. He publicly taught his private, heretical opinions and...he was condemned for doing so.
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...it is a...giraffe??? 2+2=22???