Did historical protestants identify themselves as "catholics"?

Did Historical protestant churches like Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican, etc... and their founders identify themselves as lowercase "catholic"(Universal in sense) in their founding years? or the Catholic - catholic difference came from branch theory later? *Inspired from: https://christianity.meta.stackexchange.com/q/78/58919 , https://christianity.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4248/58919*