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| name =Nicolae Jetty Carpathia |
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| caption = Nicolae Carpathia from the film [[Left Behind II: Tribulation Force]] played by [[Gordon Currie]]. |
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| birth_date =February 16 |
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| birth_place =[[Cluj County]], [[Romania]] |
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| death_date =February 16 |
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| death_place =[[Tel Megiddo|Har Megiddo]], [[Israel]] |
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| constituency =[[Global Community]] |
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| profession =[[Politician]] |
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'''Nicolae Jetty Carpathia''' is a [[fictional character]] and the primary [[antagonist]] in the ''[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]'' book series written by [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]]. Within the series, Carpathia is the [[Antichrist]], and leader of the [[Global Community]], a [[world government]] which he ultimately marshals against the followers of [[Jesus Christ]]. |
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== Fictional biography == |
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===Early life and rise to power=== |
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According to the plot, Carpathia was born in [[Cluj County]], [[Romania]], the product of [[genetic engineering]] and [[artificial insemination]]. His mother, [[Marilena Carpathia|Marilena]], was unwittingly convinced by a group of [[Luciferianism|Luciferians]], whose group she joins, to become the mother of a child who, they assured her, would change the face of the world. Marilena stayed with her husband, Sorin, until the baby was born, insisting that her son keep the strong Carpathia name. (In the prequel novels, it is explained that the name "Nicolae", when translated, means "victory of the people", although this is far from Carpathia's actual goals.) |
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Through his parents, Carpathia possessed a unique bloodline dating back to [[Ancient Rome]], so he could actually claim to be a Roman descendant. This references both the early Christian belief that the Antichrist would come in the form of a [[Roman emperor]], as well as the current [[Premillennialism|Pre-Millennialist]] Christian view{{cn|date=February 2011}} that the Antichrist will emerge from a "New Roman Empire"{{cn|date=February 2011}}. |
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As a young child, Carpathia showed remarkable intelligence and athletic ability, and also proved to be extraordinarily [[social influence|manipulative]], able to bend others to his [[will (philosophy)|will]] with relative ease. His handlers arranged for his mother to be eliminated, and Nicolae himself eventually demanded the dispatch of his "father", a key to his rise to power. With his advisers and counselors, Carpathia formed a successful [[International trade|import-export]] [[business]] which quickly made him a [[millionaire]]. After he became a millionaire, he is then taken by a demon to a desert, probably the [[Judaean Desert]], where he is forced to live without food and water for 40 days. In contrast to Jesus's temptation, Nicolae falls for all three temptations, thus fully confirming that he will soon be the Antichrist. After that, he is then returned to Romania. Next, he quickly grew bored with business and finance and, guided by the "[[kingmaker]]" [[Leon Fortunato]], to set his sights on [[politics]]. |
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At the age of 24, Carpathia stepped into the political scene as a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|lower house]] of the [[Parliament of Romania]]. Falling victim to Fortunato's [[blackmail]], the [[President of Romania]] resigned, allowing Carpathia to assume power, with the unanimous support of the country's parliament.<ref> This event of the book series would not follow the actual [[constitution of Romania]]; the Romanian president is always directly elected, and when vacant, the presidency is assumed ad hoc by the President of the Senate until new elections are held.</ref> |
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Shortly thereafter, in the chaos following the [[Rapture]], Carpathia was appointed [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]]. From this office, he converted the U.N. into the [[Global Community]], appointing himself as that government's Supreme Potentate. |
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Shortly after Carpathia established the Global Community, the governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and Egypt launched an uprising against him. Carpathia allowed his enemies to start the war, so that the Community could "retaliate" by destroying them. |
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Carpathia orderd cities around the world, including neutral ones, to be obliterated to serve as an example to his enemies. London, Chicago, and other cities were nuked, resulting in millions of casualties, and blamed on the rebels. |
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Having won the war, and with no government left to oppose him, Carpathia gained full dominion of the earth. |
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===Death and resurrection=== |
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After three and a half years in power, Carpathia was [[assassination|assassinated]] by [[Chaim Rosenzweig]], an [[Israel]]i botanist and statesman. He was killed by a lethal head wound from a sword which Rosenzweig had concealed. His demise was short-lived, however, as after three days of lying dead, Carpathia's body was indwelt by [[Satan]] himself, thus making Carpathia appear to [[Resurrection|rise from the dead]] and further cement his power. He had 4,000,000 people at his funeral. |
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===Final 3½ years=== |
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To complete his quest for world domination, Carpathia created the One World Unity Army, composed of all G.C. military presence on the planet. Their mission was to destroy the remnant stronghold of [[Petra]] and take over the city of [[Jerusalem]] as the world's new capital, following the supernatural destruction of [[New Babylon (Left Behind)|New Babylon]]. He also gathered the armies of the world at the valley of [[Armageddon]] for the battle with [[Jesus Christ]] and His army. |
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In accordance with the series' interpretation of biblical [[prophecy]], Carpathia was overthrown with the [[Second Coming|return]] of Jesus, who cast him, along with his [[False prophet|False Prophet]] Fortunato, into the [[Lake of Fire]] to suffer for all eternity. Before his eternal sentence is carried out, Satan was cast out of Carpathia, rendering Carpathia to his rotting corpse-like remains; the state his body would've been in had Satan not resurrected him prior. He then kneels before Christ and declares him as Lord after Jesus judged him for all his crimes and sins against humanity and God. He also admits, at the feet of Jesus, that his entire life was a waste and that he rebelled against a God he never knew loved him. Unlike Fortunato, who attempted to struggle with [[Michael the Archangel]] out of his sentence, Carpathia accepted his fate out of his own guilt and shame, and simply covered his eyes as he passively allowed the archangel to throw him in. |
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===One thousand years later=== |
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One thousand years later, a brief glimpse of Carpathia and [[Leon Fortunato]] is seen as the [[Lake of Fire]] opens to swallow up [[Satan]]. Carpathia is still writhing in agony as he is tortured in fire and [[w:sulfur|brimstone]], repeating over and over that [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] is Lord. The scene closes, and Carpathia's suffering—along with that of his master and his underling—is resumed for all eternity. |
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== Carpathianism == |
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{{unsourced section|reason=This section makes some sweeping claims about real-world religions, and real-world sources (not sci-fi novels) should be cited.|date=April 2017}} |
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Carpathianism is a [[List of fictional religions|fictional]] [[religion]] established by Leon to worship Nicolae Carpathia, leaving it as the only legal [[religion]] on Earth. Failure to comply resulted in death. The religion lasted for three and a half years before meeting its downfall at the [[Second Coming of Christ]]. |
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Carpathianism draws heavily from the narratives and traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. After his death and resurrection, Carpathia proclaimed himself [[God]] in the desecrated Temple of the [[Holy of Holies]], an act that is considered blasphemous in all three Abrahamic religions. He ordered golden statues of himself to be placed prominently and worshiped three times a day. This touches on both the [[golden calf]] story found in both the [[Old Testament]] and the [[Quran]]. In reference to the [[Book of Revelation]], Carpathia introduces the mandatory mark known as the [[Number of the beast|Mark of the Beast]]. |
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==In other media== |
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In the ''Left Behind'' films, Carpathia is portrayed by [[Gordon Currie (actor)|Gordon Currie]] and Randy LaHaye. In the ''Left Behind'' PC games, he is portrayed by Trevor Parsons. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Christianity}} |
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*[[Left Behind (series)|''Left Behind'' series]] |
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*[[Tim LaHaye]] |
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*[[Jerry B. Jenkins]] |
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*[[Dispensationalism]] |
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*[[Futurism (Christian eschatology)]] |
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*[[Summary of Christian eschatological differences]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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* {{cite book | title=Reading religion in text and context: reflections of faith and practice in religious materials | series=Theology and religion in interdisciplinary perspective | first1=Elisabeth | last1=Arweck | first2=Peter Jeffrey | last2=Collins | publisher=Ashgate Publishing | year=2006 | isbn=0754654826 | pages=38,43-45}} |
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* {{cite book | title=Globalizing family values: the Christian right in international politics | url=https://archive.org/details/globalizingfamil0000buss | url-access=registration | first=Doris | last=Buss | first2=Didi | last2=Herman | publisher=U of Minnesota Press | year=2003 | isbn=0816642087 | page=[https://archive.org/details/globalizingfamil0000buss/page/29 29] }} |
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* {{cite journal | journal=GeoJournal | volume=74 | number=3 | pages=183-189 | doi=10.1007/s10708-008-9219-8 | title=Apocalypse, now? The geopolitics of Left Behind | first1=Jason | last1=Dittmer | first2=Zeke | last2=Spears }} |
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* {{cite journal | title=Rapture Fictions and the Changing Evangelical Condition | first=Crawford | last=Gribben | url=http://litthe.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/1/77.abstract | journal=Literature and Theology | year=2004 | volume=18 | number=1 | pages=77-94 | doi=10.1093/litthe/18.1.77 }} |
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* {{cite book | title=The new Brothers Grimm and their Left behind fairy tales | first=David T. | last=Morgan | publisher=Mercer University Press | year=2006 | isbn=0881460362 }} |
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* {{cite book | title=The religious right: a reference handbook | series=Contemporary world issues | first1=Glenn H. | last1=Utter | first2=John Woodrow | last2=Storey | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2001 | isbn=1576072126 | page=[https://archive.org/details/religiousrightre00utte_0/page/276 276] | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/religiousrightre00utte_0/page/276 }} |
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==External links== |
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{{Left Behind Characters}} |
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[[Category:Fictional gods]] |
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[[Category:Male film villains]] |
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[[Category:Fictional Romanian people]] |
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[[Category:Fictional mass murderers]] |
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[[Category:Fictional depictions of the Antichrist]] |
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[[Category:Fictional dictators]] |
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[[Category:Fictional demons and devils]] |
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[[Category:Fictional United Nations personnel]] |
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[[Category:Male literary villains]] |
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