Proper act of justifying faith is assent; notitia denied as faith act (Bellarmine)
Rome unanimously locates justifying faith proper act in assent to everything God revealed in the Word delivered to the Church, because of divine authority and testimony.
They deny that knowledge (acquaintance, understanding, or awareness) is faith act; Bellarmine even says faith stands against scientific understanding and is better defined by ignorance than by knowledge (De Justif. 1.7).ge (De Justif. 1.7).ge (De Justif. 1.7).
Latin
XXIV. Jam autem, si quis quaerat de fidei salvificae & justificantis actibus, qui & quales illi sunt, in eo consentiunt Doctores omnes Ecclesiae Romanae proprium fidei justificantis actum consistere in assensu quem Fideles adhibent iis omnibus quae Deus revelavit per Verbum suum Ecclesiae traditum, & propter divinam authoritatem & testimonium. Negant vero notitiam esse fidei actum, & fidem esse notitiam, scientiam, seu intelligentiam. Imo pertendit Bellarminus fidem in contrario scientiae, & melius per ignorantiam quam per notitiam definiri. Lib. 1. de Justif. cap. 7. sub finem.