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Here's an update. I have submitted all the dates and times I visited my home Temple. The question whether the confirmations were valid was directly asked to Elder Holland who was visiting our Stake Conference and he referred it to my home Temple's President who said I in fact had to be endowed. I was at another Temple the day before and that's how I was alerted that being endowed was a requirement. I had a strong suspicion that I was not an isolated incident. My Temple which is a huge one, I could not possible be the only non endowed priest doing confirmations, especially with the Temple workers pushing Melchizedek priests to do it. The problem is now beyond fixing just mine. I agree SLC probably needs to step in and clarify . The Baptistry is the one area in the Temple you don't need to be escorted with an endowed member. So being able to do Baptisms and Confirmations makes sense. Thanks guys, I hope to hear more stories about this.

Quick Background. I was Baptized, Confirmed and received the Aaronic Priesthood in November 2017. That was about the time the Aaaronic Priesthood was allowed to actually perform the ordinance of baptism in the Temple and be allowed to witness. I took advantage of it and baptized 700+ of my deceased family members. In June 2018 I received the Melchizedek Priesthood and now when I was at the Temple I was now allowed to perform not only Baptisms for the Dead but I could confirm my names as well. So I thought. Even though I did my own names, Temple workers at my home Temple had me perform confirmations on hundreds of other people's names because they were often shorthanded with priests in the Temple. I willingly did it...I would estimate from June to present I made 8-9 Temple visits and performed 50-100 confirmations on each visit. Turns out the Temple realized that the person confirming must be endowed and therefore the many of hundreds of confirmations I did are invalid. I'm wondering I cannot possible be an isolated case, are there people out there who have done what I did and is the Temple correct? I'm really confused by this. The Temple wants me to backtrack for them, which I'll do it but I really feel they're valid. I felt the spirit in each one I did...Thoughts?