Bellarmine states this as the common Roman teaching (De libero arbitrio 6.15 and 6.9)
Bellarmine sets this out, as the shared view of the entire Roman School, at many points in the sixth book of his treatise on free choice, above all in chapter 15. His first proposition there is: 'Prior to any grace, man possesses free choice not merely for natural and moral works but for works of piety and supernatural works too.'
What he means by this emerges from chapter 9 of that book, where the question is framed as follows: 'Since the first man's fall, does man really have free choice in matters of salvation? That is, granted he can do nothing without grace's help, once prevenient grace has stirred him and God assists him, can he act in such a way that he is also able not to act?'
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III. Hanc doctrinam ut toti Scholae Romanae communem proponit & refert Bellarminus libro sexto de Libero Arbitrio pluribus in locis. Praesertim vero capite decimo quinto, ubi haec est prima illius sententia. Homo ante omnem gratiam, liberum habet arbitrium, non solum ad opera naturalia & moralia, sed etiam ad opera pietatis & supernaturalia. Quo sensu autem istud ab eo asseratur, patet ex ejusdem libri capite nono. Ubi quaestionem his verbis proponit, Sitne homo, post lapsum primi hominis, vere liberi arbitrii in iis rebus quae pertinent ad salutem, ut quamvis nihil possit sine auxilio Gratiae, tamen per gratiam praevenientem excitatus & a Deo adjutus, ita valeat operari, ut possit etiam non operari.