Career
In consequence, he was arrested, but was soon released at the intervention of Antoine de Bourbon. In 1558 he went to Orléans, but soon returned to Paris. He took an active part in the deliberations of the first national synod of the Reformed Church in France which was held at Paris May 26–28, 1559, and assisted in preparing a confession of faith.
He presided at the third national synod at Orléans, April 25, 1562, where Jean Morély"s doctrine regarding the general right of voting at ecclesiastical elections was condemned.
The controversy nevertheless continued, and Chandieu wrote a rejoinder, Louisiana confirmation de la discipline ecclésiastique observée en églises réformées de France (Geneva, 1566). At the eighth national synod, held at Nîmes, May 6, 1572, the matter of Morély who was seconded by Peter Ramus, De Rosier, Nicolas Bergeron, and others, was again taken up and again condemned.
Chandieu published under various pseudonyms including Zamariel, Sadeel, and Theopsaltes.