As you’re new here, there’s history behind the listing, even other than the historical reference of the type of Lutheran I see myself as. I would suggest you google “evangelical Catholic” before you accuse of “misleading”.
Whatever is your personal story it is still misleading. The Catholic Church has more than a billion adherents. Catholics from the third-world who are just recently having Internet connection will surely be confused about your label. In the Philippines we have a lot of “Evangelical Catholics” who are Catholics. Lutherans here label them themselves as “Lutheren”.
And what happened to the old Internet rule of taking and presenting things at face value? Although we are allowed freedom to represent ourselves, we still ought to be factual as well as practical.
Imagine after you have gone (knock on wood) people would say “oh this guy labeled himself an
Evangelical Catholic” Then would go on to read that JonNC was holding heretical positions. Why give a greater probability for confusion, when it can be clear at first hand? Unless you are not really a proud Lutheran.
you seemed to imply that they came on the scene at the same time.
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And that means they were of the same communion, other than Catholic, how?
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Ask the Anglicans and Methodists about that. That said, I’m not sure what difference that makes, other than the implication (is there here?) that those who “followed” Luther really didn’t think about it, simply following a pied piper of sorts. I have no particular (theological) fondness for Calvin or Zwingli, but I don’t consider them lemmings, either.
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And you don’t see the hyperbole in that?
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Where did you get this from: Lutheranism has never been hierarchical in the sense that Catholicism is.
Here again you erroneously speak of protestantism as a monolith. I could only move to another protestant commuion if they accepted Augsburg.
Not true, you either misread or is misrepresenting my statements. Probably you are having an assumption that you thought I was having. Now you know it is none of what you thought you knew.
Again Luther is the “prime mover” of Sola Scriptura. In effect there must be a level of expectation via Sola Scriptura that others who will subscribe to Sola Scriptura will have different and diversified conclusions. How hard is that to understand? LOL That is why there are Baptists and Methodists too, not only Lutherans. One ultimate doctrine (courtesy of Martin Luther) that is the father of all these Protestant denominations.
Can’t imagine why. Are you saying that Catholic catechesis is doing a great job of avoiding these kinds of mistakes? Obviously, I can’t always say that about Lutheran catechesis.
One would wonder why you would incline to be Catholic, “I would much sooner be Catholic”.
Maybe because the things that bind us are more important than the things that divide us. 
Actually, I’ve said before that I would much sooner be Catholic than any other western communion, with the possible exception of more High-church Anglican.
No. It’s name calling. You would consider it name calling if I referred to you as “Romanist” or “Papist”.
I would never expect you to submit to anything you personally do not believe in.
Agreed on the last statement, though I would hope that includes a high level of charity.
Here in the Philippines,
in real life, we take verbal assaults from Protestants and Muslims. Protestants in the midst of their worship services will call us anything from pagans to apostates. Muslims in the midst of the the feast of the Nazarene where 9 million Catholics attend, would openly mock us of idolatry and paganism. I don’t know about our brothers and sisters overseas, but here in the Philippines we are proud papists and Romanists.
Why don’t you shed your onion skin. The Internet is a straightforward communication medium.
If the high-level of charity for you equates to a liberal and politically correct wording that serves only your own personal feelings then I am sorry you are not going to get it from us. In the Philippines, face-to-face dialogue with Protestants demands the highest charity by shutting off any argumentation in the defense of Marian beliefs and the papacy. In real life, Catholics here are decent and submissive and will not provoke nor add fuel to the fire that we only remain silent in the midst of religious assault.
Only in the Internet that we have a chance to equalize the playing field. Expect uncompromising positions regarding doctrine, but charity (and beers) in anything else.
Sola Persona is a scholarly derivation of the true meaning of Sola Scriptura, and that just means personal interpretation. It has positive and negative connotations, but as a Catholic, we perceive that the risks outweighs the benefits.
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