From the day that R. Yosef Karo penned his magnum opus, the Shulchan Aruch, it became the accepted word of law for all Jewish communities. Especially after the Ram"a appended his notes to it, it became the universal book of halachah for all Sefardim and Ashkenazim alike.
The Shulchan Aruch with the glosses of the Ram"a is so binding that no one can pasken halachah contrary to it. If one claims in court that he wishes to be ruled according to an arguing opinion, he is not listened to. Not only that, but piles of halachos have been learned from the exact wording of the Shulchan Aruch and the Ram"a. Volumes of responsum were authored to answer questions and deal with its wording, and they are all definitely the word of G-d.
Now, it's obvious that R. Yosef Karo and R. Moshe Isserles could not have possibly intended all the thousands of halachos that were developed from their words, for this is not humanly possible. But, the spirit of Hashem was infused in their writings in a way that their words had no personal inclinations and as such were the word of G-d. In them are contained the halachos for all time.
אורים ותומים הגהות על תקפו כהן סוף סי' קכ"ג-ד
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