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[sanantone]

True. The New Testament itself is full of examples of misinterpreting the Old Testament, strictly speaking, but was still in harmony with an existing exegetical tradition at the time. Yet all of this becomes an argument when sifting through competing doctrinal claims drawn from it. There are verses that seem to favor baptismal regeneration, others that have been argued as not doing so. It is extremely difficult to clearly establish the doctrine of the Trinity, hypostatic union, the nature of the Eucharist, etc. from the text itself without reference to extrabibilical tradition. And the list goes on and on. This is one reason why I personally think the slogan sola Scriptura is patently false on its face because Christians have always used outside sources in formulating their beliefs.

A lot of this has to do with not wanting to let go of pagan traditions.