The previous poster presented it as an unfounded innovation from the 19th century. Could it be that the English world merely adopted and not innovated what is clearly an ancient manner of address?  

The bible or at least the New testament is a product of the Church's tradition. As such the interpretation of scriptures is not something that is an individual interpretation but a corporeal interpretation. 

Sola scriptura is not a Catholic doctrine. It is a simple fact that the bible would not be canonized unless by the authority of the Church that compiled the bible to begin with.

The cherry picking occurs when you personally or any individual holds their own personal opinion as an authority.   You may be a member of the Church, but you personally are not the Church. 

This is akin to when the church forbade people from castrating themselves in order to become "eunuchs for the kingdom" or any other literal interpretation.