  In a recent Comment [arXiv:1206.3671] on our calculation of the pion
contributions to the self-energy of the nucleon [arXiv:1201.4184], Ji,
Melnitchouk and Thomas (JMT) correctly state that we obtain the same result as
given by the pseudovector (PV) theory. We point out that this result is
expected by the equivalence theorem, since our pion-nucleon effective theory
puts the intermediate nucleon on its mass shell. We make no claim that
pseudoscalar (PS) and pseudovector interactions are equivalent in general. JMT
also argue that our theory will not give the correct PV result for the pion
momentum distribution $f^N_{\pi}$. We note that the discrepancies are much
smaller than the uncertainties due to $\pi N$ form factors. To summarize,
nothing in the Comment by JMT changes the conclusions or numerical results of
our work in any substantive way.
