A member of this organization was accused of choosing an inauspicious time and place for the burial of an infant prince, nearly resulting in his execution during the following ";Calendar Case."
A member of this organization was accused of choosing an inauspicious time and place for the burial of an infant prince, nearly resulting in his execution during the following ";Calendar Case."; Members of this organization such as Joachim Bouvet espoused the belief that one country's ancient texts contain references to the events of Genesis, a doctrine known as Figurism. A member of this organization, Ferdinand Verbiest, founded an observatory after replacing fellow member Johann Schall von Bell as head court astronomer. A map called the";Impossible Black Tulip"; was created by a member of this organization who was the first European to document the Kaifeng Jews. This organization's tolerance for practices like ancestor worship sparked the Chinese Rites controversy, one cause of which was the accommodation advocated by its member Matteo Ricci. For 10 points, name this organization whose evangelical work in Asia was extended by Francis Xavier.
A member of this organization was accused of choosing an inauspicious time and place for the burial of an infant prince, nearly resulting in his execution during the following ";Calendar Case."
Jesuits [or Society of Jesus, or Societas Iesu]