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The principle of sola scriptura IS one of those extra-scriptural principles that affects how we read the text.

Are you sure you mean this? Most "Bible" Christians insist that Sola Scriptura is Biblical, not "extra-Scriptural."

It's not a crisis -- it's just the the lens through which a Protestant views the Bible.

The results of using that lens are crisis. For it leads the individual Christians always into disagreement.

***Are you sure you mean this? Most "Bible" Christians insist that Sola Scriptura is Biblical, not "extra-Scriptural."***

Well, "most" doesn't mean "all." I fully realize that I read the Word in the context of my faith. If someone were to convince me successfully that the Catholic Church was the authoritative interpreter of Scripture, then I would have to change my context. No one has convinced me yet.

***The results of using that lens are crisis. For it leads the individual Christians always into disagreement.***

"Always" is an exaggeration. And even in the Bible, the individual Christians disagreed often. Even Paul and Peter disagreed with one another.