Not To Be Confused With
Predestination (God's eternal purpose) overlaps with election (his choosing of a people) and is debated as unconditional (based on God's will) vs. conditional (based on foreseen faith). It is not the same as fatalism, which denies real human choice and means.
Biblical language (Rom 8:29–30; Eph 1:4–5) that every tradition must reckon with. Calvinism reads election as unconditional; Arminianism as conditioned on foreseen faith; Catholics and Orthodox hold their own accounts of grace and freedom. All affirm both God's sovereignty and human responsibility — the dispute is how they fit.