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No one is arguing that the second commandment is not important. However, the first and greatest commandment is LOVE OF GOD. NOT LOVE OF NEIGHBOR. Vatican II puts them on the same footing.

Look... The Catholic faith embraces Christianity in its fullness embodiment. Yes if you want to pick a verse here and there- and say - This is it ! You are missing a much bigger picture- and not living Catholicism...but more of Martin Luther's legalistic singularities.
The beauty and richness of the Faith is lost in this dissecting manner which the antagonist here employs exhaustingly. But that's not what God wants. Heck- He coulda stopped with the greatest commandment then- just one- if Greatness was his priority. The FULLNESS OF THE TRUTH in following Christ requires more than one liners...

And that is exactly what you find unveiled richly, deeply and textured in the documents of Vatican 2... Is every sentence soul capturing hit?...of course not...but we need to put away the microscope and reach for the stethoscope.. And once you do.. you'll see it- but not until then..
And what do you really see in this one line the commenter proposes his "gotcha" game? Where some see heresy they are blind to the scriptural beauty... Again, its all about fullness - the WHOLE... not semantical grammar, to be translated as desired.. in doing so the antagonist is missing the totality of what the Lord has shown us as the proper essence of love as he wants.
It means what the New Covenant involves, beyond virtue, above all the new commandment, the first and the greatest of the commandments, AND the one that best identifies us as Christ’s disciples: “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you” (Jn 15:12). The New Testament writers were purposeful in showing us the heart of Christ's message- That the love of neighbor was inseparably core to the Sacred Heart...and way beyond a singularly "importance."
Integral to the Christian moral message and throughout New testament scripture is the essential requirement of love for one’s neighbour:- as hard as that is for us to accomplish.
“The one who loves his neighbour has fulfilled the whole law… therefore love of neighbour is the fulfilling of the law” (Rom 13:8, 10). These are the words of Saint Paul, for whom the commandment of love not only sums up the law but constitutes its very heart and purpose: “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, ‘you shall love your neighbour as yourself’” (Gal 5:14). St. Paul taught that the Christian life is a journey of growth in love: “May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all” (1 Th 3:12). St. James encourages as well-- to fulfil “the royal law according to the Scripture: You shall love your neighbour as yourself” (2:8), in order not to fall short of any commandment.

You can lead a horse to water... but all they see is Vat 2 or now Pope Francis in the way. Its a palpable excuse in thes scandalous times... but God is not fooled...