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It's in the bible. When the NT bible was written, the concept of the church as the bride of christ was already there, thus Christians back then could already claim it. Now if you're referring practice of choosing a certain female by a religious figure as a bride of god due to the said figure as representative of god, it's from way back before Christianity. The church just inherited it, just like Christmas and sunday.
I honestly have no idea if I've replied to this already . . . so apologies if I did . . .
I fully understand the concept of the church being seen as the bride of Christ . . . regardless, my statement about popes, priests and preachers comparing themselves to Christ and how idiotic and wrong it is still stands.