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Tymen Claesz Honich, born about 1550, died between 1605 and 1612, was a follower of Robert Robbertsz. He may have been a sailor. He apparently lived at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] as a member of the Frisian congregation, from which he was banned because of marrying a nonmember of the group. He published some pamphlets: <em>Eene grondelijckye verklaringhe van den echtelijcken staet </em>(about 1591), in which he defended intermarriage; in his <em>Gedeeltheyt der Tongen int leeren vant Ampt der Overheyt </em>(1596) he defends his view that no church is the true Christian church; his <em>Christalijnen Bril </em>(1602, repr. 1612) sharply attacks the Calvinist ministers Geldorp and [[Bogerman, Johannes (1576-1637)|Bogerman]], who had insisted that the government persecute the Mennonites.
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