The Church as a whole generally opposed remarriage more than divorce. Divorce for reasons of adultery was always acceptable to the Church, but by the 9th century in western Europe divorces pretty much ceased. Rome also had civil divorce laws. As a Christian-only country, obviously divorces in the Roman Empire were not handled by the Church. That means the Church did accept civil divorces and apparently did so until the 9th century.
The Orthodox limit of two divorces and three marriages is an arbitrary one. There was a case in the 9th century when a Roman Emperor was widowed three times and asked for the 4th marriage and the Bishop of Constantinople refused. For that he was sacked by the Emperor. The other four Patriarch (one being the Pope) approved his fourth marriage because apparently only the Greek Church was opposed to more than three marriages for any reason, even if legitimate. Contrary to Leoni's It's not biblical but canonical. It's not dogma but economy.
Agreed. Divorce and remarriage is a social problem for all concerned. Believe me, I know.
The thing is, that I can find no guideline published in the Latin Church on the subject of quantity. Hopefully, that is because, like the early Church, they have not had the occasion to HAVE to establish dogma on something, because it has not yet arisen.
STRAWMAN! I am not talking about divorce. You and MarkBsnr keep focusing on divorce, why? It is not a sin to divorce, I've made it quite clear the problem is remmariage while the original spouse or spouses are still alive!
A Catholic can separate from their spouse and as long as they don't remarry there is no sin, there is NO PROBLEM! This is basic elementary school Catholicism, my 8 year old knows this, COME ON!