Questions about Constantine - NOT the movie.

Factual Questions
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But inspired by it.

So, speaking from a totally uneducated point of view:

I’ve heard snippets about the story of Gabriel, the fallen angel.

Gabriel is pissed of and jealous of man, and decides to make mischief, stirs up crap on earth, gets punished by God by becoming man.

Right so far?

So, the question is: Is Saint Constantine the dude who brought this around? Further, what is Saint Constantine the patron saint of? (I’m assuming NOT chicks in swimming pools as a viewing of the movie would suggest).

I suppose what I’m really looking for is a “Religion for Dummies” version of the story. Is the movie it, as some critics have suggested? Or is the real story totally different.

If at all possible, I would prefer to skip suggestions that I go read the entire bible to find out. Additionally, while bible quotes are interesting, if folks could dumb them down for me, that would be great. Additionally, if it’s at all possible to skip debate and whatnot - I’m just looking for the official story, as it were.

Basically - was Gabriel trying to mess around with Mammon, Constantine busted his ass, and God punished him?
Thank you in advance.

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Uh. . . is this based on a pop culture thing? In Christian tradition, I don’t recall Gabriel ever doing anything wrong (I think that name is used in the film Dogma, though? But that’s all made up for the movie as far as I can tell). . . He’s just the archangel who tends to get sent on errands. Is there any other Saint Constantine other than Constantine the Great (of Constantinople, 333 AD business, mom’s Helena who discovered the true cross, etc?)?

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I know he’s been featured in more than one movie. However, I recall from my misspent youth, other, Sundy School attending folks mentioning something about the story.

I’m sure he was a fallen angel.

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Almost all stories about angels, especially fallen ones, are extra-biblical.

I search an online bible concordance and found no mentions at all of a Constantine.

Searching for Gabriel brough up four verses, none of which remotely match your story.

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The only fallen angel named in Christian tradition is Lucifer. That Gabriel-walking-the-earth crap from movies like The Prophecy is pure Hollywood BS. Gabriel is the angel who announced the virgin birth, and is traditonally the one who blows the Final Trump. He is the Messenger of God, and has a bunch of traditional attributes and titles that have accreted like barnacles.