Honius, born Cornelis Henricxz Hoen ( 1440,

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

– 1524, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist and humanist, known for his views on the

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. Perhaps under the influence of

Wessel Gansfort Wessel Harmensz Gansfort (1419 – October 4, 1489) was a theologian and early humanist of the northern Low Countries. Many variations of his last name are seen and he is sometimes incorrectly called Johan Wessel. Gansfort has been called one of ...

, Honius proposed that in the phrase "hoc est corpus meum", the word "est" should be interpreted as meaning 'has the significance of'. This is unacceptable from the point of view of Catholic doctrine on

transubstantiation Transubstantiation (Latin: ''transubstantiatio''; Greek: μετουσίωσις '' metousiosis'') is, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, "the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of ...

. His views dated from before 1520, but were published later, in 1525, by

Huldrych Zwingli Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system. He attended the Univ ...

Andrew Pettegree Andrew D. M. Pettegree is a British historian and an expert on the European Reformation, the history of the book and media transformations. he holds a professorship at St Andrews University, where he is the director of the Universal Short Title ...

(editor), The Reformation: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies (2004), p. 42.

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* {{Authority control 1440s births 1524 deaths Dutch jurists Dutch Renaissance humanists Old University of Leuven alumni Writers from The Hague

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