By Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine - You are the company you keep. And here, the more agreeable you are, the more susceptible you are to the infection... The seraph Abdiel has stood up against Satan’s lies to his subordinate angels and warned him to seek pardon from the Father and the Son while there is yet time. But Satan replies with haughtiness and contempt, telling Abdiel he had better get lost: “Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight.” Abdiel must bear up alone because none of all the hosts under Satan’s authority will listen to reason. He leaves, but not before he addresses Satan and his hosts one last time ....