predestination
Primarily a Christian theological term referring to the doctrine that God has foreordained all events and has predetermined the salvation or damnation of individuals.
Calvin's doctrine of predestination is one of the key tenets of the Reformation.
Compound of 予定 (yotei, 'prearrangement, schedule') and 説 (setsu, 'theory, doctrine'), used as a translation for the Western theological concept of predestination.