Could the Groom (Jesus) divorse his Bride (Church)?

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IDK why this question popped into my head after reading today’s Gosspel reading (MT 22 : 1-14) … But I do wonder if it is possible.
 
Petaro said:
Christ doesn’t believe in divorce…
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That was my immediate response too, and I was going to direct the OP to Matthew 19 1:9 where the Pharisees are testing Jesus about divorce. He tells them in verse 6 “They are no longer two, therefore, but one flesh. So then, what God has united, human beings must not divide.” And again in verses 8-9: “He said to them, 'It was because you were so hard-hearted, that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not like this from the beginning. Now I say this to you: anyone who divorces his wife – I am not speaking of an illicit marriage – and marries another, is guilty of adultery.”

But then I realized Jesus is talking about us, and that as God he is not compelled under this injunction. I realize that the relationship between God and us can be symbolized by a wedding ceremony, but what God can join, God can also divide.

So the answer to the question, can Jesus divorce his bride, has to be found somewhere else. Or am I over-thinking this?
 
From the CCC:
66 The Christian economy, therefore, since it is the new and definitive Covenant, will never pass away…

2384 Divorce is a grave offense against the natural law…Divorce does injury to the covenant of salvation, of which sacramental marriage is the sign.

It would be against God’s nature to contradict himself and break his own covenant with his bride.
 
Christ quite explicitly stated that divorce was against God’s will… Why would He violate His own will?

The short answer is, no, that could not happen, because it would mean that God is self-contradictory.
 
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