Exactly. Hermeneutics is the Protestant version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with all nothing committed to paper and kinds of situational loopholes built in.
Principles of Interpretation such as Augustine taught are not the same as claiming infallible interpretation.
See Augustine here:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/doctrine.toc.html
“Next, those matters that are plainly laid down in them, whether rules of life or rules of faith, are to be searched into more carefully and more diligently; and the more of these a man discovers, the more capacious does his understanding become. For among the things that are plainly laid down in Scripture are to be found all matters that concern faith and the manner of life,—to wit, hope and love, of which I have spoken in the previous book.”
It almost sounds like he thought scripture was ‘sufficient’ concerning faith and good works!
Good grief, no!
When did the Catechism tell us to disregard the scripture because of some perceived difficulty with some other Scripture? When did the Catechism advise us to ignore the Gospels of Christ and instead rely on the few chapters of St. Paul because they, and not the words of Christ contain "systematic theology"? Yet all these were the hermeneutical advice I was getting from Protestant apologists as frequently as the day is long.
I was told to ignore the Beatitudes because Christ did not talk to me in them. I was told that the direct recorded words of Christ are "other people's mail" addressed to ancient Jews and not to me. I was told that the parables are not something we can learn from.
The Protestant hermeneutics is a diabolical tool of deception, plain and simple. This attempt to bypass an entire clear chapter of St. Paul is a good illustration of how it works.
Anyone is invited to find similar evil intent in the Catechism. CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH