Who decides what the Bible says?

Many people think the answer lies in some interpretive tradition, institution, and/or person to show us clear guidance in such a murky book.

And how do I know that I should embrace your candidate for referee?

By the time the argument is under way, you realize that the authoritative interpreter is not only necessary to clarify the Bible, but to clarify the meaning of history and tradition. Once you decide you submit your mind to whatever it tells you about history, then the historical argument for your new master will suddenly become clear.

If you would only submit to the Pope, or Reformed Tradition, or whatever in regard to its authoritative version of history, then you would see why you must submit to the same about how to interpret the Bible.

Traditionalism becomes simply another nihilism. Fideism. Belief for the sake of belief because you think the pattern you have contrived is pretty enough to sleep in.